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Bhagavad Gita · 18.65 · Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender·65 of 78

मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरुमामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru

mām evaiṣhyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ‘si me

Sanskrit recitation

Surrender the weight · 18.56–18.66 · Teaching

Translation

Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. You will come to Me; I truly promise you this, for you are dear to Me.

Meaning

Develop onepointedness of mind. Fix thy thought on Me. If the mind wanders bring it again and again to the centre or point or object of meditation, through constant practice. Offer all thy actions to Me. Let thy tongue utter My name. Let thy hands work for Me. Let thy feet move for Me. Let all thy actions be for Me. Give up hatred towards any living creature. Bow down to Me. Then thou wilt attain Me.The Lord gives Arjuna His definite word of promise or solemn declaration. Having received My grace thou wilt gain complete knowledge of Me and that in itself will indeed lead to thy absorption into My Being.O Arjuna, looking up to Me alone as thy aim and the sole refuge, thou shalt assuredly come to,Me.Have faith in the words of the Lord and make a solemn promise. Take the Lord as your sole refuge. You will attain final emancipation.The secret of devotion is to take the Lord as your sole refuge. In the next verse the Lord proceeds to speak of the gist of selfsurrender. (Cf.IX.34XII.8)

After Swami Sivananda

Surrender the weight· 18.56–18.66

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

Word-by-word
me
to me
te
to you
asi
you are
eva
certainly
mām
to me
bhava
be
satyam
truly
priyaḥ
dear
eṣhyasi
you will come
namaskuru
offer obeisance
mat-yājī
worship me
pratijāne
I promise
mat-manāḥ
thinking of me
mat-bhaktaḥ
my devotee

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