Avyakto 'kshara ity uktas tam ahuh paramam gatim, yam prapya na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama
That which the Vedantists describe as unmanifest and infallible, that which is known as the supreme destination, that place from which, having attained it, one never returns — that is My supreme abode. The supreme abode of God, from which there is no return, is the ultimate destination described throughout the Upanishads and Vedanta philosophy.
- •The supreme abode is the destination from which there is no return to rebirth
- •This is the imperishable, unmanifest realm described in Vedanta
- •Attaining God's supreme abode is the highest goal of all spiritual practice
Tvam ādi-devaḥ puruṣhaḥ purāṇas tvam asya vishvasya paraṁ nidhānam, vettāsi vedyaṁ cha paraṁ cha dhāma tvayā tataṁ vishvam ananta-rūpa
You are the first God, the ancient person. You are the supreme resting place of the universe. You are the knower and the known, the supreme abode. O infinite form, the universe is pervaded by You.
- •God is both the knower and the object of all knowledge
- •The entire universe rests in and is pervaded by God
- •The ancient and the present are united in the divine
Tatah padam tat parimargitavyam yasmin gata na nivartanti bhuyah, tam eva cadyam purusham prapadye yatah pravrttih prasrta purani
One must seek that supreme abode from which, having gone, one never returns. There one should surrender to that Primal Person from whom everything has emanated since time immemorial. This verse describes the goal of spiritual practice — the ultimate liberation from the cycle of birth and death by taking refuge in the Supreme.
- •The supreme abode of liberation is the ultimate goal of human life
- •Surrendering to the Primal Person is the means of reaching that abode
- •Liberation means freedom from the cycle of repeated birth and death
Na tad bhasayate suryo na shashanko na pavakah, yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama
That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun, moon, or fire. Those who reach it never return to this material world. Krishna describes His transcendental realm, which is self-luminous and beyond all material light sources — an eternal realm that transcends the limits of the cosmos.
- •The spiritual world is self-luminous and requires no material light source
- •The supreme abode is beyond the sun, moon, and fire — beyond material creation
- •Reaching the supreme abode ends the cycle of birth, death, and return