Chapter 9, Verse 34
Raja Vidya Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
mat-manāḥ—always think of me; bhava—be; mat—my; bhaktaḥ—devotee; mat—my; yājī—worshipper; mām—to me; namaskuru—offer obeisances; mām—to me; eva—certainly; eṣhyasi—you will come; yuktvā—united with me; evam—thus; ātmānam—your mind and body; mat-parāyaṇaḥ—having dedicated to me
English translation
Fix your mind on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me; bow down to Me; having thus united your whole self to Me, taking Me as the supreme goal, you will come to Me.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
Fill thy mind with Me. Fix your head; heart and hands on Me. Get your heart in tune with Me. Become a true worshipper. You will secure eternal bliss. Having known Me; you will cross beyond death. The whole being of man should be surrendered to the Lord without reservation. Then the whole life will undergo a wonderful transformation. You will have the vision of God everywhere. All sorrows and pains will vanish. Your mind will be one with the divine consciousness. Just as the potether becomes one with the universal ether when the limiting adjunct (pot) is broken; just as the Ganga and the Yamuna; leaving their names and forms become one with the ocean; so also the sage gets rid of Avidya and all sorts of limiting adjuncts through the direct realisation of the Self and becomes identical with Para Brahman. Yukta means steadied in thought; having thus fixed the mind on the Lord; knowing that I am the Self of all beings and the highest goal. (Cf. V.17VII.7; 14XVIII.65)(This chapter is known by the name Adhyatma Yoga also.)Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita; the science of the Eternal; the scripture of Yoga; the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna; ends the ninth discourse entitledThe Yoga of the Kingly Science and the Kingly Secret.,
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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