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तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च। मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्।।8.7।।

tasmāt sarveṣhu kāleṣhu mām anusmara yudhya cha mayyarpita-mano-buddhir mām evaiṣhyasyasanśhayam

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 8, Verse 7
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Therefore, at all times, remember Me only and fight. With your mind and intellect fixed on Me, you will undoubtedly come to Me alone.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: therefore, at all times, remember Krishna and fight, with mind and intellect fixed on him, you will surely come to him, tying the lofty philosophical point directly back to Arjuna's very immediate, practical task.

In life: it's possible to hold a deep, ongoing practice of remembrance or intention while still fully doing the practical, demanding task actually in front of you.

Teaching: try holding a steady intention or value in the background while doing today's demanding, practical work, rather than treating deep practice and practical action as requiring separate, sequential time.

tasmāttherefore
sarveṣhuin all
kāleṣhutimes
māmme
anusmararemember
yudhyafight
chaand
mayito me
arpitasurrender
manaḥmind
buddhiḥintellect
māmto me
evasurely
eṣhyasiyou shall attain
asanśhayaḥwithout a doubt

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
8.7 तस्मात् therefore? सर्वेषु in all? कालेषु (in) times? माम् Me? अनुस्मर remember? युध्य fight? च and? मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिः with mind and intellect fixed (or absorbed) in Me? माम् to Me? एव alone? एष्यसि (thou) shalt come to? असंशयम् doubtless.Commentary The whole mental machinery should be dedicated to the Lord. You must work with the mind and intellect devoted to Him.Fight Perform your own Dharma? the duty of a Kshatriya. It will purify your heart and you will attain to knowledge and come to Me. The term fight is Upalakshana (suggestive). It means Do your duties according to your caste and order of life. VarnashramaDharmas (the duties pertaining to the various castes and orders of life) and NityaNaimittika Karmas are the Upalakshanas (factors suggested or alluded to).The ChittaVritti which is of the form of the object meditated upon is the Bhavana. (ChittaVrittis is mental modification). The Bhavana is for those who practise Saguna Upasana. Bhavana at the time of separtion of the body is not necessary for a sage or a Jnani who has attained to the knowledge of the Self or Selfrealisation. (Cf.IX.34XII.8?11)