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Bhagavad Gita 2.72

Chapter 2, Verse 72

Part of 2: Sānkhya Yogसांख्ययोग

एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति। स्थित्वाऽस्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति॥

Transliteration

eṣhā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati sthitvāsyām anta-kāle ’pi brahma-nirvāṇam ṛichchhati

Meaning

O son of Pritha, this is the eternal state, the Brahmic seat. Attaining this, one is not deluded. Being established in it, one attains oneness with Brahman even at the end of life.

Word-by-word meaning
eṣhāsuchbrāhmī sthitiḥstate of God-realizationpārthaArjun, the son of Prithananeverenāmthisprāpyahaving attainedvimuhyatiis deludedsthitvābeing establishedasyāmin thisanta-kāleat the hour of deathapievenbrahma-nirvāṇamliberation from Mayaṛichchhatiattains
Commentary

The state described in the previous verse -- to renounce everything and to live in Brahman -- is the Brahmic state or the state of Brahman. If one attains to this state one is never deluded. He attains Moksha if he stays in that state even at the hour of his death. It is needless to say that he who gets establised in Brahman throughout his life attains to the state of Brahman or,BrahmaNirvana (Cf. VIII.5?6). Maharshi Vidyaranya says in his Panchadasi that Antakala here means the moment at which Avidya or mutual superimposition of the Self and the notSelf ends. Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the second discourse entitledThe Sankhya Yoga.,

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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Verse 72?
O son of Pritha, this is the eternal state, the Brahmic seat. Attaining this, one is not deluded. Being established in it, one attains oneness with Brahman even at the end of life.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?
This is verse 72 of Chapter 2 (Sānkhya Yog — Transcendental Knowledge) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.