Sanskrit
यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः । यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं सङ्ग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ॥
yad akṣaraṃ vedavido vadanti viśanti yad yatayo vītarāgāḥ yad icchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tat te padaṃ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye
Translation
That which is declared indestructible by the Veda-knowers, that which the controlled and passion-free enter, that desiring which Brahmacharya is performed, that path I will declare to thee with brevity.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Krishna explicitly flags what follows as brief (sangrahena) — a compressed answer about akshara, the term used to define brahman back in verse 3, though Arjuna never quite asked about it directly. Naming the “controlled and passion-free” who enter this state, and the ancient link to the vow of brahmacharya, ties the death-moment teaching back to conventional renunciate practice before verse 12 gets concrete again with an actual technique.