Bhagavad Gita 12.2 Meaning: Mayyaveshya mano ye mam

Bhagavad Gita 12.2

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।

मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ।श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः ॥

Mayyaveshya mano ye mam nityayukta upasateShraddhaya parayopetaste me yuktatama matah

mayyāveśya mano ye māṃ nityayuktā upāsate |śraddhayā parayopetāste me yuktatamā matāḥ ||

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Our explanation Krishna answers. Those who fix their mind on him, worship him while always joined to him, and are full of the highest faith (śraddhā) are, in his view, the most devoted in yoga (yuktatama).

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण उत्तर देते हैं। जो अपना मन उनमें लगाकर, सदा उनसे जुड़े रहकर, परम श्रद्धा के साथ उनकी उपासना करते हैं, वे उनके मत में योग में सबसे श्रेष्ठ (युक्ततम) हैं।

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मयि mayi · on "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, locative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
आवेश्य āveśya · having fixed, having set (absolutive of the causative ('having made')) Dictionary: ā-viś, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 155, col. 3 “Caus. -veśayati, to cause to enter or approach”
मनः manaḥ · the mind (accusative singular) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”
ये ye · those who (relative pronoun, nominative plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
माम् mām · "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.)”
नित्ययुक्ताः nityayuktāḥ · ever joined, always steadfast (compound, nominative plural) Dictionary: nitya-yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 3 “always busy or intent upon”
उपासते upāsate · worship (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 3. upās, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 215, col. 1 “serve, honour, revere, respect, acknowledge, do homage, worship”
श्रद्धया śraddhayā · with faith (instrumental singular) Dictionary: śraddhā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1095, col. 3 “faith, trust, confidence, trustfulness, faithfulness, belief in”
परया parayā · supreme, highest (instrumental singular (feminine)) Dictionary: 1. para, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 586, col. 1 “highest, supreme, chief”
उपेताः upetāḥ · endowed with (past participle, nominative plural) Dictionary: upeta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 215, col. 3 “accompanied by, endowed with, furnished with, having, possessing”
ते te · they (pronoun, nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
मे me · "by me", in Krishna's view (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
युक्ततमाः yuktatamāḥ · the most steadfast in yoga (superlative, nominative plural) Dictionary: yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “absorbed in abstract meditation, concentrated, attentive”; 2. tama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 438, col. 2 “an affix forming the superl. degree of adjectives”
मताः matāḥ · are considered (past participle, nominative plural) Dictionary: mata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 1 “thought, believed, imagined, supposed, understood; regarded or considered as”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words, without sandhi: the e-text keeps the visarga (परयोपेताः ते); the 1922 edition joins the words (परयोपेतास्ते).
Spelling A digital text reads Same words, without sandhi (parayopetāḥ te), like another digital text.

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