avyayam

अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्

avyayasya — of the imperishable

Know that indestructible, by which all this is pervaded. No one can bring about the destruction of the imperishable.

वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम्

avyayam — immutable

One who knows it as imperishable, eternal, unborn and unchanging — how could such a person kill, or cause anyone to be killed?

इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम्

avyayam — eternal

I taught this imperishable yoga to Vivasvan; Vivasvan taught it to Manu; and Manu to Ikshvaku.

चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः

avyayam — unchangeable

The four orders were brought forth by me, divided according to quality and work. Know me as their maker — and know also that I am not bound by it.

त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत्

avyayam — imperishable

Deluded by these three states made of the strands, the whole world does not know me, who am above them and unchanging.

अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः

avyaktam — formless

The unthinking suppose that I, the unmanifest, have taken on a form — not knowing my higher nature, which does not change.

नाहं प्रकाशः सर्वस्य योगमायासमावृतः

avyayam — immutable

I am not manifest to everyone; I am veiled by my own power. The deluded world does not know me, unborn and unchanging.

राजविद्या राजगुह्यं पवित्रमिदमुत्तमम्

avyayam — everlasting

This is the king of knowledge, the king of secrets, the highest purifier. It can be known directly, it accords with what is right, it is easy to practise and it does not perish.

महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः

avyayam — imperishable

But the great-souled, son of Pritha, having taken refuge in the divine nature, worship me with a mind turned nowhere else, knowing me as the imperishable origin of all beings.

गतिर्भर्ता प्रभुः साक्षी निवासः शरणं सुहृत्

avyayam — imperishable

I am the goal, the upholder, the lord, the witness, the dwelling, the refuge, the friend; the origin, the dissolution, the ground, the resting place, and the imperishable seed.

भवाप्ययौ हि भूतानां श्रुतौ विस्तरशो मया

avyayam — eternal

I have heard from you in detail of the coming and going of beings, lotus-eyed one, and of your imperishable greatness.

मन्यसे यदि तच्छक्यं मया द्रष्टुमिति प्रभो

avyayam — imperishable

If you think it can be seen by me, lord, master of yoga, then show me your imperishable self.

सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः

avyayam — eternal

Clarity, restlessness and inertia — these strands, born of nature, bind the imperishable embodied one to the body.

ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाऽहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च

avyayasya — of the imperishable

For I am the ground of Brahman — of the deathless, the imperishable, the everlasting, and of what is right, and of happiness that does not end.

ऊर्ध्वमूलमधःशाखमश्वत्थं प्राहुरव्ययम्

avyayam — eternal

They speak of an imperishable sacred fig with its roots above and its branches below, whose leaves are the Vedas. One who knows it knows.

निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः

avyayam — eternal

Free of vanity and delusion, having overcome the fault of attachment, constant in the self, free of longing, released from the opposites of pleasure and pain — such undeluded ones reach that unchanging place.

सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते

avyayam — imperishable

That knowledge by which one sees one imperishable nature in all beings, undivided in the divided, is of clarity.

सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः

avyayam — imperishable

Though always performing every kind of action, one who takes full refuge in me reaches by my grace the imperishable, unchanging state.