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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 21

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 8 श्लोक 21

अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम्।
यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम।।8.21।।

English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

8.21. [The scriptures] speak of This as Unmanifest and Changeless and declare This is to be the highest Goal. Having attained which people do not return, this is My highest abode.

English Translation of Commentary - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

8.21 See Comment under 8.22

Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 8.21

Avyakto’kshara ityuktastamaahuh paramaam gatim; Yam praapya na nivartante taddhaama paramam mama.

Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 8.21

avyaktaḥ—unmanifest; akṣharaḥ—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