Bhagavatgita a detailed studychapter8- Imperishable Brahman

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11. yadhalsharam vedhavidho vadhanthi

visanthi yath yathayo veetharaagaaH

yath icChantho brahmacharyam charanthi

thath the padham sangraheNa pravakshye

That which is instructed by those who know the import of the Vedas, that into which enter the renounced souls who have no desires, that wishing to attain which those on the path of Brahman follow brahmacharya, that I will tell you in brief.

The import of the Vedas is Brahman. This is known to those who have understood the meaning of the Vedas, vedhavidhaH, and they instruct others about it. The word akshara means that which never perishes. Brahman alone is imperishable.

Those who have given up desire and attachment, veetha raagaaH, and have renounced the world, yathayaH, enter into Brahman, meaning that they realize Brahman as their real self. Entering in makes sense only if the place entered is different from the one who enters. But Brahman is everywhere and the self of all and there is no question of entering into it. Thus it is the entry into the truth of Brahman, from ignorance to wisdom. The individual self realizing that the real self is only Brahman.

The aspirant wishing to realize the self, yath icChanthaH, follows the discipline of brahamcharya, celibacy, which here means the control of mind and the senses.

In Katopanishad the same idea is expressed thus.

srvevedaaH yath padham aamananthi

thapaamsi sarvaaNi cha yath vadhanthi

yadhicChantho brahmacharyam charanthi

thath padham sangrheNa braveemi om ithi ethath

The state which all Vedas describe, which all austerities explain wishing which the brahmacharya is followed I will tell you about it in brief. That is OM.

About that , Brahman, Krishna says that he will explain in brief to Arjuna.