अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम् ।यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ ८-२१॥

avyakto'kṣara ityuktastamāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim । yaṃ prāpya na nivartante taddhāma paramaṃ mama ॥ 8-21॥

avyaktas (m. nom. sg. p. pass. participle a vi:jan)), unmanifest, invisible.

ak.raras (m. nom. sg.), imperishable, inde-structib Ie, eternal.

iti, thus, so.

uktas (m. nom. sg. p. pass. participle Jvac), said, declared.

tam (m. acc. sg.), it, this.

ahus (3rd pI. perfect act. J ah with present meaning), they say, they declare.

paramam (f. acc. sg.), highest, supreme.

gatim (f. acc. sg.), goal, path, way.

yam (m. acc. sg.), which.

prapya (gerundpra Jiip) , attaining, reaching.

na, not.

nivartante (3rd pI. pr. indic. mid. ni J vr:t) , they return, they turn back.

tad (n. acc. sg.), that, this.

dhama (n. nom. sg.), dwelling place, do-main, abode.

paramam (n. nom. sg.), supreme, highest.

mama (gen. sg.), of me, my.