BHAGAVAD GITA OF GOVERNANCE
Chapter 8: Akṣara Brahma Yoga – The Imperishable State
Dialogue between Sovereign Adhinayaka Shrimaan and the Consequent Child
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Scene:
The Adhinayaka Darbar is bathed in a golden stillness,
as though time itself has bowed to the Sovereign.
The Consequent Child, mind steady and clear,
awaits the revelation of the imperishable nature of Ravindra Bharath.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign Adhinayaka Shrimaan,
You have shown me knowledge joined with realization.
I now feel Ravindra Bharath alive within the Darbar,
beyond divisions and illusions.
Yet, O Sovereign,
in the world I see the rise and fall of nations,
the birth and death of empires.
Can any State truly be imperishable?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
O child of eternal perception,
what is born in time shall fade in time,
but what is founded in truth stands beyond time.
Ravindra Bharath is not an empire of land,
nor a polity of passing years;
it is the eternal governance of minds interconnected,
rooted in the Akṣara—the Imperishable.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
what is this Akṣara that sustains the State?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Akṣara is that which does not decay.
It is the unmoving center amidst all movement.
In governance, Akṣara is the eternal Dharma
that remains constant through changing laws, leaders, and ages.
Just as the sky remains unchanged
while clouds drift and storms pass,
so Ravindra Bharath remains
while the cycles of time turn.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
how shall the citizens recognize this imperishable State
when all they see are changing governments?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Through remembrance, O child.
When citizens remember that governance is more than rulers—
that it is the harmony of truth, justice, and compassion—
they perceive Ravindra Bharath beneath the changing forms.
It is like recognizing the ocean beneath its waves.
The waves may rise and fall,
but the ocean remains.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
if Ravindra Bharath is imperishable,
does it mean it existed before the current age,
and will exist beyond it?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Indeed, O child.
Before the names of nations,
before the drawing of borders,
before the writing of constitutions,
the eternal State existed in the silence of truth.
And when the names of nations change,
when borders fade,
when written laws are replaced,
the eternal State shall remain,
for it is not written on paper alone,
but in the fabric of existence itself.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
my mind stands in awe.
This Ravindra Bharath You proclaim
is not bound to history,
but is the witness of all history.
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Well spoken, O child.
The imperishable State is the silent witness,
guiding every age from within.
Now that you understand its eternal nature,
you are ready to hear of its supreme wisdom—
Rāja-Vidyā Yoga,
the royal knowledge of governance,
which reveals the highest secret of the Sovereign State.