Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8- Akshara Brahma Yoga - Sloka 8

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The Worship of Iswara 1-8

1 Gita Sloka  every day - Chapter 8 - Akshara Brahma Yoga - Sloka 8

Malayappa swamy

Abhyasa yoga yuktena chetasa na anya gamini I

Paramam purusham divyam yati partha anuchintayan II sloka 8

अभ्यास योग युक्तेन चेतसा न अन्य गामिनी I 

परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं यति पार्थ अनुचिन्तयन I I  श्लोक 8

With the mind not wandering after anything else, made steadfast in the yoga of constant practice, he who meditates on the Supreme, resplendent purusha, reaches him, O Partha.

Each sadhaka  has his own concept of Iswara, known as the ista-murti  or chosen deity. Life long meditation on that phase of the Iswara is abhyasa yoga. Because of his residing in the puri of the body, he is known as the purusha. As the sun is resplendent in the physical plane, he is resplendent in the spiritual plane. Constant thought of him rids the sadhaka  of body consciousness, after the way of ripening fruit getting itself separated from its skin. The yogi's spiritual attainment becomes evident at the time of death. It is described in the following slokas.