BG 8.11
यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः ।
यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं सङ्ग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ॥
यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं सङ्ग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ॥
yad akṣaraṁ veda-vido vadanti
viśanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ
yad icchanto brahmacaryaṁ caranti
tat te padaṁ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye
viśanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ
yad icchanto brahmacaryaṁ caranti
tat te padaṁ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye
Word-for-word meanings
pravakṣye — I shall explain; te — to you; saṅgraheṇa — briefly; tat — [about] that; padam — supreme destination; yat — which; veda-vidaḥ — the knowers of the Vedas; vadanti — call; akṣaram — the imperishable Brahman; yat — into which; yatayaḥ — spiritual aspirants; vīta-rāgāḥ — bereft of desires; viśanti — enter; icchantaḥ — [and] desiring; yat — which; caranti — [students] lead; brahmacaryam — an abstinent life.
Translation
I shall tell you in brief about the supreme destination, which the knowers of the Vedas refer to as the imperishable Brahman, into which spiritual aspirants bereft of all desires enter, and desiring which, students lead an abstinent life.