अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम् ।
यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ २१ ॥
यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ २१ ॥
avyakto’kṣara ityuktastamāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim .
yaṃ prāpya na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama .. 21 ..
What is called the Unmanifested and the Imperishable, That, they say, is the highest goal; which having reached none return. That is My highest place.
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That : that Avyakta which is called Akṣara, the Imperishable, the Unmanifested Being. Having reached that state, none has returned to samsara, the mundane life. That is My (i.e., Viṣṇu’s) Supreme Abode.
The means of attaining to that state will now be pointed out :