BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:22

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:22

 

anan yas cintayanto mam

ye janah paryupasate

tesam nit yabhi yuktanam

yoga-ksemam vahamy aham

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

ananyah--having no other object; cintayantah--concentrating; mam--on

Me; ye--those who; janah--persons; paryupasate--properly worship;

tesam--of them; nitya--always; abhiyuktanam--fixed in devotion;

yoga--requirements; ksemam--protection; vahami--carry; aham--I.

 

TRANSLATION

 

But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on

My transcendental form--to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve

what they have.

 

PURPORT

 

One who is unable to live for a moment without Krsna consciousness

cannot but think of Krsna twenty-four hours a day, being engaged in

devotional service by hearing, chanting, remembering, offering

prayers, worshiping, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, rendering

other services, cultivating friendship and surrendering fully to the

Lord. Such activities are all auspicious and full of spiritual

potencies, which make the devotee perfect in self-realization, so that

his only desire is to achieve the association of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. Such a devotee undoubtedly approaches the Lord

without difficulty. This is called yoga. By the mercy of the Lord,

such a devotee never comes back to this material condition of life.

Ksema refers to the merciful protection of the Lord. The Lord helps

the devotee to achieve Krsna consciousness by yoga, and when he

becomes fully Krsna conscious the Lord protects him from falling down

to a miserable conditioned life.

 

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