एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।स्थित्वास्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṃ prāpya vimuhyati |sthitvāsyām antakāle 'pi brahmanirvāṇam ṛcchati ||
- एषा · eṣā
- this
- ब्राह्मी · brāhmī
- divine, of Brahman
- स्थितिः · sthitiḥ
- state, establishment
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha (Arjuna)
- न · na
- not
- एनाम् · enām
- this
- प्राप्य · prāpya
- having attained
- विमुह्यति · vimuhyati
- one is deluded
- स्थित्वा · sthitvā
- having stood, abided
- अस्याम् · asyām
- in this
- अन्तकाले · antakāle
- at the end-time, at death
- अपि · api
- even
- ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम् · brahmanirvāṇam
- extinction in Brahman, ultimate liberation
- ऋच्छति · ṛcchati
- attains, reaches
“This is the divine state, O Partha — attaining it, one is deluded no more. Abiding in it even at the hour of death, one reaches extinction in Brahman.”
— Original plain-language translation
The chapter closes with its summit: brāhmī sthiti, the Brahmic state — and a final mercy, that even deathbed abiding suffices. No lifetime of perfection demanded; steadiness at the end completes the journey. Chapter 3 will ask the obvious next question: if this is the goal, why act at all?
— Reader's notes (original)