18.65 I promise you truly Krishna speaks
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु
मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru
mām evaiṣhyasi satyaṁ te pratijāne priyo ‘si me
Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, make your offering to me, bow to me. I promise you truly, for you are dear to me: you will come to me.
Explanation
I promise you truly.
Fix your mind, be devoted, offer, bow — satyaṁ te pratijāne, I promise you truly, for you are dear to me.
Word for word the instruction that closed chapter 9, now with a promise attached. The only place in the book where he swears to something.
Word by word
- mat-manāḥ
- thinking of me
- bhava
- be
- mat-bhaktaḥ
- my devotee
- mat-yājī
- worship me
- mām
- to me
- namaskuru
- offer obeisance
- mām
- to me
- eva
- certainly
- eṣhyasi
- you will come
- satyam
- truly
- te
- to you
- pratijāne
- I promise
- priyaḥ
- dear
- asi
- you are
- me
- to me
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