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Bhagavad Gita · 9.22 · Yoga through the King of Sciences·22 of 34

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासतेतेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्

ananyāśh chintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate

teṣhāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣhemaṁ vahāmyaham

Sanskrit recitation

How people reach for God · 9.11–9.25 · Teaching

Translation

For those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no one else, for those ever-united, I secure what they have not already possessed and preserve what they already possess.

Meaning

Ananyah Nonseparate. This is another interpretation. Persons who, meditating on Me as nonseparate, worship Me in all beings -- to them who are ever devout, I secure gain and safety. They consider themselves as nonseparate, i.e., they look upon the Supreme Being as nonseparate from their own Self they look upon the Supreme Being as their own Self.Those devotees who behold nothing as separate from themselves have no selfish interests of their own. They certainly do not look for their own gain and safety. They have no desire for life or death. They have taken sole refuge in the Lord. They have nothing to lose, because there is nothing they call their own. Their very bodies become Gods. They have no desire for acisition because all their desires are gratified by their communion with the Lord. They have eternal satisfaction as they possess all the divine Aisvarya, the supreme wealth of the Lord.They entertain no other thoughts than those of the Lord. Conseently the Lord Himself looks after their bodily wants, such as food and clothing (this is known as Yoga), and preserves what they already possess (this is known as Kshema). He does these two acts. Just as the father and mother attend to the bodily needs of their children, so also the Lord attends to the needs of His devotees.They direct their whole mind with full faith towards the Lord

After Swami Sivananda

How people reach for God· 9.11–9.25

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
ye
those who
aham
I
mām
me
yoga
supply spiritual assets
vahāmi
carry
janāḥ
persons
kṣhemam
protect spiritual assets
teṣhām
of them
ananyāḥ
always
paryupāsate
worship exclusively
chintayantaḥ
think of
nitya abhiyuktānām
who are always absorbed

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