Shloka 3

Daivī–Āsurī Sampad-Vibhāga (दैवी–आसुरी संपद्विभागः) | Division of Constructive and Destructive Dispositions

Devanagari script

सम्बन्ध-- पूर्वश"्लीकमें सगुण-साकार परमेश्वरके उपासकोंको उत्तम योगवेत्ता बतलाया;

Transliteration

Arjuna uvāca: ye tv akṣaram anirdeśyam avyaktaṃ paryupāsate | sarvatragam acintyaṃ ca kūṭastham acalaṃ dhruvam ||

Translation

కానీ ఎవరు అవర్ణనీయమైన, అవ్యక్తమైన, సర్వవ్యాపకమైన, అచింత్యమైన, కూటస్థమైన, అచలమైన, ధ్రువమైన అక్షరాన్ని ఉపాసిస్తారో,

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अक्षरम्: the imperishable (Brahman)
• अक्षरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनिर्देश्यम्: indescribable
• अनिर्देश्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिर्देश्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अव्यक्तम्: unmanifest
• अव्यक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पर्युपासते: worship/meditate upon constantly
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (परि-उप-आस्)
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Plural

• सर्वत्रगम्: all-pervading
• सर्वत्रगम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वत्रग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अचिन्त्यम्: unthinkable
• अचिन्त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचिन्त्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कूटस्थम्: unchanging, abiding (like an anvil)
• कूटस्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कूटस्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अचलम्: immovable
• अचलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ध्रुवम्: eternal, fixed
• ध्रुवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Brahman (akṣara)
• Krishna (implied as the one attained: mām)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Arjuna highlights the path of contemplating the formless, imperishable Absolute—beyond speech and thought—and notes that such disciplined, equal-minded seekers devoted to the good of all beings also reach the Supreme (identified with Krishna).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Kurukṣetra teaching dialogue, Arjuna asks about those who worship the unmanifest, attributeless reality (akṣara/avyakta), probing whether they too attain the same highest goal as devotees who worship the personal, manifest Lord.