BG 8.11
यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः | यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ||११||
yad akṣaraṃ veda-vido vadanti viśanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ | yad icchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tat te padaṃ saṃgraheṇa pravakṣye || 11 ||
"That which Vedic knowers call the Imperishable — that Brahmacharins seek, ascetics enter — I will declare it briefly."
5 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources
What the knowers of the Veda speak of as Imperishable, what the self-controlled (Sannyasis), freed from attachment enter, and to gain which goal they live the life of a Brahmachari, that I shall declare unto thee in brief.
That which the knowers of the Vedas call the Indestructible; that which the self-subdued, the passion-freed, enter; that desiring which they live the life of the student — that will I briefly tell thee.
That which the Vedas declare, that in which the ascetics enter, and for the sake of which men lead lives of holiness — that I will briefly teach thee.
That place which they who know the Vedas name AKSHARAM, 'Ultimate;' whereto have striven Saints and ascetics--their road is the same.
I will tell you briefly about the seat, which those who know the Vedas declare to be indestructible; which is entered by ascetics from whom all desires have departed; and wishing for which, people pursue the mode of life of Brahmacharins.