सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे । समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥ १८-५०॥ siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā How he, who has attained perfection, reaches BRAHMAN (the Eternal) , that in brief do you learn from Me, O! Kaunteya, that Supreme State-of-Knowledge. siddhiṃ = perfection; prāptaḥ = achieving; yathā = as; brahma = the Supreme; tathā = so; āpnoti = one achieves; nibodha = try to understand; me = from Me; samāsena = summarily; eva = certainly; kaunteya = O son of Kunti; niṣṭhā = the stage; jñānasya = of knowledge; yā = which; parā = transcendental.;