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मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।

mayy eva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṁ niveśhaya nivasiṣhyasi mayy eva ata ūrdhvaṁ na sanśhayaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 12, Verse 8
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Fix your mind on Me, and your intellect in Me. Then you will certainly live in Me alone hereafter.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: fix your mind on Krishna alone, let your intellect enter into him, you will dwell in him alone hereafter, without doubt, offering the most direct, simple instruction so far, without qualification or complexity.

In life: sometimes, after a long, layered explanation of multiple valid approaches, the actual practical advice for you specifically really is this simple, focus here, consistently.

Teaching: after weighing multiple valid approaches to something important, don't be afraid to land on the simplest, most direct version of the actual instruction for your specific situation, simplicity isn't a failure to appreciate nuance, it's often the genuinely useful next step.

mayion me
evaalone
manaḥmind
ādhatsvafix
mayion me
buddhimintellect
niveśhayasurrender
nivasiṣhyasiyou shall always live
mayiin me
evaalone
ataḥ ūrdhvamthereafter
nanot
sanśhayaḥdoubt

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
12.8 मयि in Me? एव only? मनः the mind? आधत्स्व fix? मयि in Me? बुद्धिम् (thy) intellect? निवेशय place? निवसिष्यसि thou shalt live? मयि in Me? एव alone? अतः ऊर्ध्वम् hereafter? न not? संशयः doubt.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)