Chapter 18, Verse 57
Moksha Sanyaas Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
chetasā—by consciousness; sarva-karmāṇi—every activity; mayi—to me; sannyasya—dedicating; mat-paraḥ—having me as the supreme goal; buddhi-yogam—having the intellect united with God; upāśhritya—taking shelter of; mat-chittaḥ—consciousness absorbed in me; satatam—always; bhava—be
English translation
Mentally renouncing all actions in Me, having Me as the highest goal, and resorting to the yoga of discrimination, do thou ever fix thy mind on Me.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
Do thou; O Arjuna; surrender all thy actions to Me whilst at the same time fixing thy mind on discrimination. Then through that discrimination thou wilt see thy Self as separate from the body and activity and existing in My pure Being. Chetasa Mentally with the discriminative faith that knowledge finally leads to liberation when the heart is purified through selfless works done with the spirit of offering to God. Sarvakarmani All actions producing visible and invisible results. Me The Lord As taught in verse 27 of chapter IX Whatever thou doest; whatever thou eatest; etc.; do thou dedicate all thy actions to Me. Matparah Taking Me; Vaasudeva; as the supreme goal; and his whole self centred in Me. Resorting to Buddhi Yoga As thy sole refuge steadymindedness.
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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