Chapter 12, Verse 7
Bhakti Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
teṣhām—of those; aham—I; samuddhartā—the deliverer; mṛityu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt—from the ocean of birth and death; bhavāmi—(I) become; na—not; chirāt—after a long time; pārtha—Arjun, the son of Pritha; mayi—with me; āveśhita chetasām—of those whose consciousness is united
English translation
To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I soon become the savior out of the ocean of Samsara.
— Swami Sivananda
Listen to Shloka 12.7
Commentary
Mortal Samsara The round of birth and death. The devotee who does total; unconditional; and ungrudging selfsurrender to the Lord; who places himself completely at the mercy of the Lord; and who fixes of actions by offering them to the Lord and who thus destroys any power in the actions to bear fruit; and who has abandoned even the idea of liberation; is soon lifted by the Lord from the mortal plane to the abode of Immortality. I redeem such persons who have become Macchitta i.e.; mind united with Me; from the ocean of the mortal world or worldly life; without delay. (Cf. X.10.11XII.6and7)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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