Chapter 12, Verse 8
Text
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय | निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः ||१२-८||
Transliteration
mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya . nivasiṣyasi mayyeva ata ūrdhvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||12-8||
Translations
In English by Swami Sivananda
12.8 Fix thy mind in Me only, thy intellect in Me, (then) thou shalt no doubt live in Me alone hereafter.
In English by Swami Sivananda
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)