Sanskrit
ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाऽहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च । शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च ॥
brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhā'ham amṛtasyāvyayasya ca śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca
Translation
For I am the abode of the Eternal, and of the indestructible nectar of immortality, of immemorial righteousness, and of unending bliss.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The chapter’s closing move resolves an ambiguity that verses 19 and 26 could otherwise leave open. If “entering my Nature” and “becoming fit for the Eternal” are the goal, it might sound as though Krishna is pointing past himself toward an impersonal Brahman. This verse says the reverse: Brahman itself rests on him — he is its pratishtha, its ground, along with immortality, eternal dharma, and unmixed bliss. It’s a deliberately placed capstone, closing the chapter on Krishna’s own priority rather than on the gunas or even on Brahman, and it sets up chapter 15’s Purushottama teaching, where Krishna is described as beyond both the perishable and imperishable.