Bhagavad Gita 10.9मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्।कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च ॥
mach-chittā mad-gata-prāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam
kathayantaśh cha māṁ nityaṁ tuṣhyanti cha ramanti cha
Sanskrit recitation
The source behind everything · 10.1–10.11 · Teaching
Translation
With their minds and lives wholly absorbed in Me, they enlighten each other and ever speak of Me, being satisfied and delighted.
Hindi translation
मेरेमें चित्तवाले, मेरेमें प्राणोंको अर्पण करनेवाले भक्तजन आपसमें मेरे गुण, प्रभाव आदिको जानते हुए और उनका कथन करते हुए ही नित्य-निरन्तर सन्तुष्ट रहते हैं और मेरेमें प्रेम करते हैं।
Meaning
The characteristics of a devotee who has attained the realisation of oneness are described in this verse. The devotee constantly thinks of the Lord. His very life is absorbed in Him. He has consecrated his whole life to the Lord. According to another interpretation, all his senses (which function because of the Prana), such as the eye are absorbed in Him. He takes immense delight in talking about Him, about His supreme wisdom, power, might and other attributes. He has completely dedicated himself to the Lord.He feels intense satisfaction and is delighted as if he is in the company of his Beloved (God). The Purana says, The sum total of the sensual pleasures of this world and also all the great pleasures of the divine regions (heavens) are not worth a sixteenth part of that bliss which proceeds from the eradication of desires and cravings. (Cf.XII.8)
After Swami Sivananda
The source behind everything· 10.1–10.11→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 10.1The Blessed Lord said, Again, O mighty-armed Arjuna, listen to my supreme word which I…
- 10.2Neither the hosts of the gods nor the great sages know My origin; for I am the source of…
- 10.3He who knows Me as unborn and beginningless, as the great Lord of the worlds, he among…
- 10.4Intellect, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness,…
- 10.5Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, and ill-fame—these…
- 10.6The seven great sages, the ancient four, and the Manus, possessing powers like Mine (due…
- 10.7He who truly knows these manifold manifestations of My Being and this Yoga-power of Mine,…
- 10.8I am the source of all; from me everything evolves; Understanding this, the wise, endowed…
10.9With their minds and lives wholly absorbed in Me, they enlighten each other and ever speak…
- 10.10To those who are ever steadfast, worshipping me with love, I give the yoga of…
- 10.11Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their selves, destroy the darkness…
Word-by-word→
- cha
- also
- mām
- about me
- nityam
- continously
- ramanti
- (they) delight
- parasparam
- one another
- tuṣhyanti
- satisfaction
- bodhayantaḥ
- enlightening (with divine knowledge of God)
- kathayantaḥ
- speaking
- mat-chittāḥ
- those with minds fixed on me
- mat-gata-prāṇāḥ
- those who have surrendered their lives to me
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