The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

The Eternal Godhead ╯
in the heart. Then, while absorbed in meditation,
focus all energy upwards to the head. 13 Repeating
in this state the divine name, the syllable Om that
represents the changeless Brahman, you will go
forth from the body and attain the supreme goal.
14
I am easily attained by the person who always
remembers me and is attached to nothing else. Such
a person is a true yogi, Arjuna. 15 Great souls make
their lives perfect and discover me; they are freed from
mortality and the suffering of this separate existence.
16
Every creature in the universe is subject to rebirth,
Arjuna, except the one who is united with me.
17
Those who understand the cosmic laws know that
the Day of Brahma ends after a thousand yugas and
the Night of Brahma ends after a thousand yugas.
18
When the day of Brahma dawns, forms are brought
forth from the Unmanifest; when the night of Brahma
comes, these forms merge in the Formless again.
19
This multitude of beings is created and destroyed
again and again in the succeeding days and nights
of Brahma. 20 But beyond this formless state there
is another, unmanifested reality, which is eternal
and is not dissolved when the cosmos is destroyed.
21
Those who realize life’s supreme goal know that
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