Chapter 9, Verse 14
Text
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः। नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।।9.14।।
Transliteration
satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaśh cha dṛiḍha-vratāḥ namasyantaśh cha māṁ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate
Word Meanings
satatam—always; kīrtayantaḥ—singing divine glories; mām—me; yatantaḥ—striving; cha—and; dṛiḍha-vratāḥ—with great determination; namasyantaḥ—humbly bowing down; cha—and; mām—me; bhaktyā—loving devotion; nitya-yuktāḥ—constantly united; upāsate—worship
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Translations
In English by Swami Adidevananda
Aspiring for eternal communion with Me, they worship Me, always singing My praises, striving with steadfast resolution and bowing down to Me in devotion.
In English by Swami Sivananda
Always glorifying Me, striving, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, they worship Me with steadfast devotion.
In Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdas
।।9.14।। नित्य- (मेरेमें) युक्त मनुष्य दृढ़व्रती होकर लगनपूर्वक साधनमें लगे हुए और भक्तिपूर्वक कीर्तन करते हुए तथा नमस्कार करते हुये निरन्तर मेरी उपासना करते हैं।
In English by Swami Sivananda
9.14 सततम् always, कीर्तयन्तः glorifying, माम् Me, यतन्तः striving, च and, दृढव्रताः firm in vows, नमस्यन्तः prostrating, च and, माम् Me, भक्त्या with devotion, नित्ययुक्ताः always steadfast, उपासते worship.Commentary These great souls sing My glory. They do Japa (repetition) of Pranava (Om). They study and recite the Upanishads. They hear the Srutis (the Vedas) from their spiritual preceptor, reflect and meditate on the attributeless Absolute (Nirguna Brahman). They cultivate the Sattvic virtues such as patience, mercy, cosmic love, tolerance, forbearance, truthfulness, purity, etc. They control the senses and steady the mind. They are firm in their vows of nonviolence, truthfulness and purity in thought, word and deed. They worship Me with great faith and devotion as the inner Self hidden in their heart. As a neophyte cannot see God face to face, he will have to worship his Guru (spiritual preceptor) firt and regard him as God or Brahman Himself.
In Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdas
।।9.14।। व्याख्या--'नित्ययुक्ताः'--मात्र मनुष्य भगवान्में ही नित्ययुक्त रह सकते हैं, हरदम लगे रह सकते हैं, सांसारिक भोगों और संग्रहमें नहीं। कारण कि समय-समयपर भोगोंसे भी ग्लानि होती है और संग्रहसे भी उपरति होती है। परन्तु भगवान्की प्राप्तिका, भगवान्की तरफ चलनेका जो एक उद्देश्य बनता है, एक दृढ़ विचार होता है, उसमें कभी भी फरक नहीं पड़ता।