BHAGAVAD-GITA 12:8

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 12:8

 

mayy eva mana adhatsva

mayi buddhim nivesaya

nivasisyasi mayy eva

ata urdhvam na samsayah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

mayi--upon Me; eva--certainly; manah--mind; adhatsva--fix; mayi--upon

Me; buddhim--intelligence; nivesaya--apply; nivasisyasi--you will

live; mayi--in Me; eva--certainly; atah urdhvam--thereafter;

na--never; samsayah--doubt.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and

engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always,

without a doubt.

 

PURPORT

 

One who is engaged in Lord Krsna's devotional service lives in a

direct relationship with the Supreme Lord, so there is no doubt that

his position is transcendental from the very beginning. A devotee does

not live on the material plane--he lives in Krsna. The holy name of

the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent; therefore when a devotee

chants Hare Krsna, Krsna and His internal potency are dancing on the

tongue of the devotee. When he offers Krsna food, Krsna directly

accepts these eatables, and the devotee becomes Krsna-ized by eating

the remnants. One who does not engage in such service cannot

understand how this is so, although this is a process recommended in

the Bhagavad-gita and in other Vedic literatures.

 

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