Bhagavad Gita 8.14: meaning and translation
Chapter 8: Akshara Brahma Yoga. Krishna says
For the yogi who remembers him constantly, every day, with a mind turned to nothing else, Krishna says he is easy to reach.
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Bhagavad Gita 8.14
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः ।तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः ॥
Ananyachetah satatam yo mam smarati nityashahTasyaham sulabhah partha nityayuktasya yoginah
ananyacetāḥ satataṃ yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ |tasyāhaṃ sulabhaḥ pārtha nityayuktasya yoginaḥ ||
Our explanation For the yogi who remembers him constantly, every day, with a mind turned to nothing else, Krishna says he is easy to reach.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जो योगी अनन्य मन से सदा, हर दिन उनका स्मरण करता है, उस नित्य-युक्त योगी के लिए वे सुलभ (आसानी से मिलने वाले) हैं।
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- अनन्यचेताः ananyacetāḥ · with a mind on nothing else (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: an-anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 25, col. 2 “having no other (object), undistracted”; cetas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 398, col. 1 “consciousness, intelligence, thinking soul, heart, mind”
- सततम् satatam · constantly (adverb) Dictionary: sa-tata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1138, col. 1 “constantly, always, ever”
- यः yaḥ · who (relative pronoun, nominative singular) 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.)”
- स्मरति smarati · remembers (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 2. smṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1271, col. 3 “to remember, recollect, bear in mind, call to mind, think of”
- नित्यशः nityaśaḥ · always, every day (indeclinable) Dictionary: nitya-śas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 3 “always, constantly, eternally”
- तस्य tasya · for him (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”
- अहम् aham · "I" (Krishna) (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: aham, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 124, col. 2 “nom. sg. ‘I,’”
- सुलभः sulabhaḥ · easy to reach (nominative singular) Dictionary: su-labha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1232, col. 3 “easy to be obtained or effected, easily accessible or attainable”
- पार्थ pārtha · O son of Pritha (Arjuna) (vocative singular) Dictionary: 2. pārtha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 621, col. 3 “metron. of Yudhi-shṭhira or Bhīma-sena or Arjuna”
- नित्ययुक्तस्य nityayuktasya · ever joined, always steadfast (compound, genitive singular) Dictionary: nitya-yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 3 “always busy or intent upon”
- योगिनः yoginaḥ · of the yogi (genitive singular) Dictionary: yogin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 857, col. 3 “a follower of the Yoga system, a Yogin (usually called Yogī) or contemplative saint”
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 79.
To the devotee who constantly practises abstraction, O son of Prithâ! and who with a mind not (turned) to anything else, is ever and constantly meditating on me, I am easy of access.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 79.
To the devotee who constantly practises abstraction, O son of Prithâ! and who with a mind not (turned) to anything else, is ever and constantly meditating on me, I am easy of access.
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 83.
He who constantly remembereth Me, not thinking ever of another, of him I am easily reached, O Pârtha, of this ever harmonised Yogî.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 166.
I am easily attainable by that ever-steadfast Yogin who remembers Me constantly and daily, with a single mind, O son of Prithâ.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 79. Bhagavad Gita 8.14.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 83. Bhagavad Gita 8.14.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 166. Bhagavad Gita 8.14.
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Bhagavad Gita 8.14
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः ।
तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः ॥
“To the devotee who constantly practises abstraction, O son of Prithâ! and who with a mind not (turned) to anything else, is ever and constantly meditating on me, I am easy of access.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), p. 79, public domain)
“He who constantly remembereth Me, not thinking ever of another, of him I am easily reached, O Pârtha, of this ever harmonised Yogî.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), p. 83, public domain)
“I am easily attainable by that ever-steadfast Yogin who remembers Me constantly and daily, with a single mind, O son of Prithâ.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 166, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 8 (Akshara Brahma Yoga).
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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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