Bhagavad Gita 12.7तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्।भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ॥
teṣhām ahaṁ samuddhartā mṛityu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt
bhavāmi na chirāt pārtha mayy āveśhita-chetasām
Sanskrit recitation
Many paths, one devotion · 12.1–12.12 · Teaching
Translation
To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I soon become the savior out of the ocean of Samsara.
Hindi translation
हे पार्थ ! मेरेमें आविष्ट चित्तवाले उन भक्तोंका मैं मृत्युरूप संसार-समुद्रसे शीघ्र ही उद्धार करनेवाला बन जाता हूँ।
Meaning
Mortal Samsara The round of birth and death. The devotee who does total, unconditional, and ungrudging selfsurrender to the Lord, who places himself completely at the mercy of the Lord, and who fixes of actions by offering them to the Lord and who thus destroys any power in the actions to bear fruit, and who has abandoned even the idea of liberation, is soon lifted by the Lord from the mortal plane to the abode of Immortality.I redeem such persons who have become Macchitta i.e., mind united with Me, from the ocean of the mortal world or worldly life, without delay. (Cf.X.10.11XII.6and7)
After Swami Sivananda
Many paths, one devotion· 12.1–12.12→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 12.1Arjuna said, "Which of them are better versed in Yoga—those who steadfastly worship You,…
- 12.2The Blessed Lord said, "In My opinion, those who fix their minds on Me, worship Me ever…
- 12.3Those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the omnipresent, the…
- 12.4Having restrained all the senses, being even-minded everywhere, and intent on the welfare…
- 12.5Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested, for the goal of the…
- 12.6But to those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the supreme…
12.7To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I soon become the savior out of the…
- 12.8Fix your mind on Me, and your intellect in Me. Then you will certainly live in Me alone…
- 12.9If you are unable to fix your mind steadily on Me, then seek to reach Me through the yoga…
- 12.10If you are unable to practice even this Abhyasa Yoga, be intent on doing actions for My…
- 12.11If you are unable to do even this, then, resort to union with Me and renounce the fruits…
- 12.12Better indeed is knowledge than practice; better than knowledge is meditation; better than…
Word-by-word→
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- mayi
- with me
- chirāt
- after a long time
- pārtha
- Arjun, the son of Pritha
- bhavāmi
- (I) become
- teṣhām
- of those
- samuddhartā
- the deliverer
- āveśhita chetasām
- of those whose consciousness is united
- mṛityu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt
- from the ocean of birth and death
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