BG 13.12
ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते ।
अनादि मत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥
अनादि मत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥
jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛtam aśnute
anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate
anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate
Word-for-word meanings
pravakṣyāmi — I shall now describe; tat — that; yat — which [is]; jñeyam — the object of knowledge [i.e., the knowable]; jñātvā — knowing; yat — which; aśnute — one attains; amṛtam — immortality; tat — that; brahma — Brahman; anādi — [which is] beginningless; mat-param — [and] subordinate to Me; ucyate — is described; na sat — neither as the cause; na asat — nor as the effect.
Translation
I shall now describe the object of knowledge ( jñeya), knowing which, one attains immortality. That Brahman, which is beginningless and subordinate to Me cannot be described either as the cause or as the effect.