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चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः।बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव।।18.57।।

chetasā sarva-karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-paraḥ buddhi-yogam upāśhritya mach-chittaḥ satataṁ bhava

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 18, Verse 57
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: mentally relinquishing all actions to Krishna, intent on him, resorting to the yoga of understanding, be constantly focused on him, giving a direct, practical instruction for how to actually practice this compatibility in daily life.

In life: the practical version of this teaching is something you can actually do today, mentally offering your ongoing actions toward something larger than pure self-interest while staying genuinely engaged with the actions themselves.

Teaching: try this exact practice today, mentally offering your ongoing actions and their outcomes toward something larger than pure self-interest, while remaining fully, actively engaged in doing them well.

chetasāby consciousness
sarva-karmāṇievery activity
mayito me
sannyasyadedicating
mat-paraḥhaving me as the supreme goal
buddhi-yogamhaving the intellect united with God
upāśhrityataking shelter of
mat-chittaḥconsciousness absorbed in me
satatamalways
bhavabe

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
18.57 चेतसा mentally? सर्वकर्माणि all actions? मयि in Me? संन्यस्य resigning? मत्परः having Me as the highest goal? बुद्धियोगम् the Yoga of discrimination? उपाश्रित्य resorting to? मच्चित्तः with the mind fixed on Me? सततम् always? भव be.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.