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What is called the Unmanifested and the Imperishable, That they say is the highest goal. They who reach It do not return (to this Samsara). That is My highest abode (place or state).

That unmanifest is called the Imperishable, and it is said to be the highest goal. Those who reach it do not return; that is my supreme abode.

This eternal unmanifest is called the Imperishable (akṣara), and it is declared to be the highest goal. Those who reach it do not return. Krishna calls it his supreme abode, dhāman. The verse joins the language of the impersonal, the unmanifest and the Imperishable, with the personal language of Krishna's own dwelling. Traditions interpret this joining differently, some seeing a transcendent realm of the Lord and others the formless ground of being, but all agree that it lies beyond return.