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मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे।।18.65।।

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣhyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ‘si me

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 18, Verse 65
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. You will come to Me; I truly promise you this, for you are dear to Me.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: fix your mind on Krishna, be devoted to him, sacrifice to him, bow down to him, you shall surely come to him, this is my true promise to you, since you are dear to me, restating the core instruction one final time, now explicitly framed as a personal promise rather than only general teaching.

In life: receiving the same core guidance again, but this time explicitly as a personal promise from someone who cares about you specifically, tends to land differently than receiving it as generic advice, even if the content is identical.

Teaching: notice the difference in how you receive important guidance when it's framed as a personal promise from someone who genuinely cares about your specific outcome, versus generic advice, and try offering that same personal framing when you're the one giving important guidance to someone you care about.

mat-manāḥthinking of me
bhavabe
mat-bhaktaḥmy devotee
mat-yājīworship me
māmto me
namaskuruoffer obeisance
māmto me
evacertainly
eṣhyasiyou will come
satyamtruly
teto you
pratijāneI promise
priyaḥdear
asiyou are
meto me

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
18.65 मन्मनाः with mind fixed on Me? भव be? मद्भक्तः devoted to Me? मद्याजी sacrifice to Me? माम् to Me? नमस्कुरु bow down? माम् to Me? एव even? एष्यसि (thou) shalt come? सत्यम् truth? ते to thee? प्रतिजाने (I) promise? प्रियः dear? असि (thou) art? मे of Me.Commentary Develop onepointedness of mind. Fix thy thought on Me. If the mind wanders bring it again and again to the centre or point or object of meditation? through constant practice. Offer all thy actions to Me. Let thy tongue utter My name. Let thy hands work for Me. Let thy feet move for Me. Let all thy actions be for Me. Give up hatred towards any living creature. Bow down to Me. Then thou wilt attain Me.The Lord gives Arjuna His definite word of promise or solemn declaration. Having received My grace thou wilt gain complete knowledge of Me and that in itself will indeed lead to thy absorption into My Being.O Arjuna? looking up to Me alone as thy aim and the sole refuge? thou shalt assuredly come to,Me.Have faith in the words of the Lord and make a solemn promise. Take the Lord as your sole refuge. You will attain final emancipation.The secret of devotion is to take the Lord as your sole refuge. In the next verse the Lord proceeds to speak of the gist of selfsurrender. (Cf.IX.34XII.8)