Bhagavad Gita 10.9 Meaning: Machchitta madgataprana

Bhagavad Gita 10.9

मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम् ।कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च ॥

Machchitta madgataprana bodhayantah parasparamKathayantashcha mam nityam tushyanti cha ramanti cha

maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam |kathayantaśca māṃ nityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca ||

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Our explanation With their minds on Krishna and their lives given to him, such people teach one another, always speak of him, and are content and full of joy, Krishna says.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि ऐसे लोग अपना चित्त उनमें लगाकर, अपने प्राण उन्हें अर्पित करके, एक-दूसरे को समझाते हुए और सदा उनकी चर्चा करते हुए संतुष्ट और आनंदित रहते हैं।

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मच्चित्ताः maccittāḥ · with minds fixed on "me" (Krishna) (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”; citta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 395, col. 3 “the heart, mind”
मद्गतप्राणाः madgataprāṇāḥ · with lives given to "me" (Krishna) (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”; gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 “gone, gone away; … come to, approached, arrived at, being in, situated in”; 2. prāṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 705, col. 1 “the breath of life, breath, respiration, spirit, vitality”
बोधयन्तः bodhayantaḥ · teaching, enlightening (present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: 1. budh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 2 “to make a person acquainted with, remind or inform of, impart or communicate”
परस्परम् parasparam · one another (indeclinable) Dictionary: paras-para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 589, col. 1 “one another's, mutually, reciprocally”
कथयन्तः kathayantaḥ · speaking of (present participle (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: kath, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 247, col. 1 “to tell, relate, narrate, report, inform, speak about, declare”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
माम् mām · of "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, accusative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
नित्यम् nityam · always (adverb) Dictionary: nitya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 2 “(am), ind. always, constantly, regularly”
तुष्यन्ति tuṣyanti · are content (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: tuṣ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 452, col. 1 “to become calm, be satisfied or pleased”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
रमन्ति ramanti · rejoice (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: ram, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 867, col. 2 “to be glad or pleased, rejoice at, delight in”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”

Bhagavad Gita 10.9: meaning and translation

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