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# Bhagavadgita 2.72

Critical edition (BORI, Bhīṣmaparvan 23–40) 2.72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*crit.2.72)

eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṃ prāpya vimuhyati  
sthitvāsyām antakāle 'pi brahmanirvāṇam ṛcchati

> This is to have one's being in Brahman, O son of Prithâ. None, attaining to this, becomes deluded. Being established therein, even at the end of life, a man attains to oneness with Brahman.  
> The end of second chapter, designated The Way of Knowledge.  
> — Swami Swarupananda 1909, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita

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## Translations (3)

- [Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-swarupananda.2.72) — Swami Swarupananda 1909, English
- [The Bhagavadgîtâ (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-telang.2.p7) — Kashinath Trimbak Telang 1882, English
- [The Song Celestial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita~en-arnold.2.p7.p5) — Edwin Arnold 1885, English

## Commentaries (13)

- [Bhagavadgītābhāṣya (Śāṅkarabhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sankara.2.283) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Jñāneśvarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.marathi.jnanesvara.jnanesvari.2.368) — Jñāneśvara, Marathi
- [Subodhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!sridhara.100.1) — Śrīdhara Svāmin, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvīraśaivabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavirasaivabhasya.3.35) — Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadgītāvivaraṇa (Sarvatobhadra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!bhagavadgitavivarana-sarvatobhadra.1.385) — Sanskrit
- [Gītārthasaṅgraha (of Abhinavagupta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!abhinavagupta.1.241) — Abhinavagupta, Sanskrit
- [Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!ramanuja.2.72) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!madhusudana.3.1.3) — Madhusūdana Sarasvatī 1570, Sanskrit
- [Tattvaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!kesava-kasmiri.3.72) — Keśava Kāśmīrī, Sanskrit
- [Sārārthavarṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!visvanatha.2.72) — Viśvanātha Cakravartin 1680, Sanskrit
- [Arthaprakāśikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.72) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1715, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vanamali-misra.3.72) — Vanamālī Miśra 1660, Sanskrit
- [Vaṃśī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita!vamsidhara-misra.5.72) — Vaṃśīdhara 1675, Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Vulgate (700 verses)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita*vulgate.2.72) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.6.26.72) — Sanskrit

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