Word meanings
- avyaktaḥ
- unmanifest
- akṣaraḥ
- imperishable
- iti
- thus
- uktaḥ
- is said
- tam
- that
- āhuḥ
- is called
- paramām
- the supreme
- gatim
- destination
- yam
- which
- prāpya
- having reached
- na
- never
- nivartante
- come back
- tat
- that
- dhāma
- abode
- paramam
- the supreme
- mama
- my
Translations
What is known as the Unmanifested and the Imperishable, That is said to be the highest goal. Those who reach It do not return (to this Samsara). That is My supreme abode (place or state).
The wise say that the Unmanifest and Indestructible is the highest goal of all; when once that is reached, there is no returning. That is my blessed home.
They call Him who has been mentioned as the Unmanifested, the Immutable, the supreme Goal. That is the supreme abode of Mine, from which they do not return once they reach it.
उसीको अव्यक्त और अक्षर कहा गया है और उसीको परमगति कहा गया है तथा जिसको प्राप्त होनेपर जीव फिर लौटकर नहीं आते, वह मेरा परमधाम है।Commentary
Para Brahman is called the Unmanifested because It cannot be perceived by the senses. It is called the Imperishable also. It is allpervading, allpermeating and interpenetrating. Para Brahman is the highest Goal. There is nothing higher than It. This is the true nondual state free from all sorts of limiting adjuncts. The attainment of Brahmaloka (the region of the Creator) etc., is inferior to this. Only by realising the Self is one liberated from Samsara. (Cf.XII.3?XV.6)