जरामरणमोक्षाय मामाश्रित्य यतन्ति ये ।ते ब्रह्म तद्विदुः कृत्स्नमध्यात्मं कर्म चाखिलम् ॥
jarāmaraṇamokṣāya mām āśritya yatanti ye |te brahma tad viduḥ kṛtsnam adhyātmaṃ karma cākhilam ||
- जरामरणमोक्षाय · jarāmaraṇamokṣāya
- for freedom from age and death
- माम् आश्रित्य · mām āśritya
- taking refuge in me
- यतन्ति · yatanti
- they strive
- ब्रह्म · brahma
- Brahman
- विदुः · viduḥ
- they know
- कृत्स्नम् · kṛtsnam
- whole
- अध्यात्मम् · adhyātmam
- the self-principle
- कर्म · karma
- action
“Those who strive for freedom from old age and death, taking refuge in me — they know that Brahman whole, the self-principle, and all action.”
— Original plain-language translation
Refuge-seeking strivers gain the full vocabulary Arjuna will ask about in 8.1: Brahman, adhyatma, karma. Liberation-quest and refuge converge. This verse hands the thread to Chapter 8.
— Reader's notes (original)