Bhagavad Gita 7.1: meaning and translation
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Bhagavad Gita 7.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः ।असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ॥
Mayyasaktamanah partha yogam yunjanmadashrayahAsanshayam samagram mam yatha jnasyasi tachchhrinu
mayyāsaktamanāḥ pārtha yogaṃ yuñjanmadāśrayaḥ |asaṃśayaṃ samagraṃ māṃ yathā jñāsyasi tacchṛṇu ||
Our explanation Krishna begins a new teaching. He tells Arjuna (Partha) to listen: with his mind attached to Krishna, practising yoga and taking refuge in him, Arjuna will come to know him fully and without doubt.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण नया उपदेश आरंभ करते हैं। वे अर्जुन (पार्थ) से कहते हैं कि सुनो: कृष्ण में मन लगाकर, योग का अभ्यास करते हुए और उनकी शरण लेकर अर्जुन उन्हें पूरी तरह और बिना किसी संशय के जान लेंगे।
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- मय्यासक्तमनाः mayyāsaktamanāḥ · with mind attached to "me" (Krishna) (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”; ā-sakta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 160, col. 1 “fixed or fastened to; attached to”; manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”
- पार्थ pārtha · O Partha (son of Pritha) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. pārtha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 621, col. 3 “metron. of Yudhi-shṭhira or Bhīma-sena or Arjuna”
- योगम् yogam · yoga, discipline (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: yoga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 856, col. 3 “application or concentration of the thoughts, abstract contemplation, meditation”
- युञ्जन् yuñjan · practising (present participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. yuj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 “to yoke or join or fasten or harness”
- मदाश्रयः madāśrayaḥ · taking refuge in "me" (Krishna) (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”; ā-śraya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 158, col. 2 “dwelling, asylum, place of refuge, shelter”
- असंशयम् asaṃśayam · without doubt (adverb) Dictionary: a-saṃśaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 3 “absence of doubt, certainty”
- समग्रम् samagram · fully, as a whole (adjective (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: sam-agra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1153, col. 3 “all, entire, whole, complete”
- 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.)”
- यथा yathā · how (indeclinable) Dictionary: yathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 841, col. 2 “in which manner or way, according as, as, like”
- ज्ञास्यसि jñāsyasi · you will know (future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. jñā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 425, col. 3 “to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with”
- तत् tat · that (pronoun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
- शृणु śṛṇu · hear, listen (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. śru, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1100, col. 3 “to hear, listen or attend to anything”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 73.
The Deity said:
O son of Prithâ! now hear how you can without doubt know me fully, fixing your mind on me, and resting in me, and practising devotion.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 73.
The Deity said:
O son of Prithâ! now hear how you can without doubt know me fully, fixing your mind on me, and resting in me, and practising devotion.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 75.
The Blessed Lord said:
With Manas clinging to Me, O Pârtha constant in Yoga, refuged in Me, how thou shalt without doubt know Me to the uttermost, that hear thou.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 144.
The Blessed Lord said:
With the mind intent on Me, O son of Prithâ, taking refuge in Me, and practising Yoga, how thou shalt without doubt know Me fully, that do thou hear.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 73. Bhagavad Gita 7.1.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 75. Bhagavad Gita 7.1.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 144. Bhagavad Gita 7.1.
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Bhagavad Gita 7.1
मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः ।
असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ॥
“O son of Prithâ! now hear how you can without doubt know me fully, fixing your mind on me, and resting in me, and practising devotion.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 73, public domain)
“With Manas clinging to Me, O Pârtha constant in Yoga, refuged in Me, how thou shalt without doubt know Me to the uttermost, that hear thou.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 75, public domain)
“With the mind intent on Me, O son of Prithâ, taking refuge in Me, and practising Yoga, how thou shalt without doubt know Me fully, that do thou hear.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 144, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
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