Chapter 12, Verse 8
Bhakti Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
mayi—on me; eva—alone; manaḥ—mind; ādhatsva—fix; mayi—on me; buddhim—intellect; niveśhaya—surrender; nivasiṣhyasi—you shall always live; mayi—in me; eva—alone; ataḥ ūrdhvam—thereafter; na—not; sanśhayaḥ—doubt
English translation
Fix your mind on Me, and your intellect in Me. Then you will certainly live in Me alone hereafter.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
Fix thy mind means thy purposes and thoughts in Me the Lord in the Cosmic Form. Give up entirely all thoughts of sensual objects. Fix in Me thy intellect also -- the faculty which resolves and determines. What will be the result then Thou shalt undoubtedly live in Me as Myself. O Arjuna; of this there is no doubt whatsoever. The Yoga of meditation is described in this verse. (Cf. VIII.7X.9XI.34XVIII.65)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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