12. Devotion

Bhakti Yog

BG 12.7

...to those whose mind is set on me, I rescue them from their drowning in the ocean of life and death.

तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्
भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्

  • teṣhām — of those

  • ahaṁ — I

  • samuddhartā — the deliverer

  • mṛityu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt — from the ocean of birth and death

    • mṛityu

    • saṁsāra

    • sāgarāt

  • bhavāmi — (I) become

  • na — not

  • chirāt — after a long time

  • pārtha — Arjun, the son of Pritha

  • mayy — with me

  • āveśhita-chetasām — of those whose consciousness is united

    • āveśhita

    • chetasām

...12.4

Those who fix their attention on the unmanifest encounter greater challenges, as it is difficult for those with a body to realize me as being without one.

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Those who dedicate their actions to me, hold me as their supreme goal, contemplate me and meditate upon me with devotion -

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to those whose mind is set on me, I rescue them from their drowning in the ocean of life and death.

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12.8...
Chapter 12, Verse 7