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Bhagavad Gita 14.27

ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाऽहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च।शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च॥

brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhā'hamamṛtasyāvyayasya ca |śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca ||

For I am the abode of Brahman, the immortal, immutable, and everlasting Dharma, and absolute bliss.

Translation by Swami Sivananda · Public domain in India (translator d. 1963)

For I am the home of the spirit, the continual source of immortality, eternal righteousness, and infinite joy.

Translation by Shri Purohit Swami · Public domain in India (translator d. 1941)

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.

Edition: Common 700-verse recension. Arjuna's opening question in chapter 13, absent from that recension, is kept as 13.0.

Transliteration in IAST, generated from the Devanagari text.

Source: Sanskrit text via gita/gita (Unlicense), from the Gita Supersite, IIT Kanpur. Sanskrit text public domain.

Bhagavad Gita 14.27 · SatsangVidya