9.13 The great-souled Krishna speaks
महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः
भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम्
mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛitim āśhritāḥ
bhajantyananya-manaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam
But the great-souled, son of Pritha, having taken refuge in the divine nature, worship me with a mind turned nowhere else, knowing me as the imperishable origin of all beings.
Explanation
And the turn, with the phrase that recurs.
The great-souled worship him with a mind turned nowhere else — ananya-manasaḥ.
It arrives in chapter 8, twice in chapter 12, and here. Across every route the book offers, the operative condition is never more effort; it is less division.
Word by word
- mahā-ātmānaḥ
- the great souls
- tu
- but
- mām
- me
- pārtha
- Arjun, the son of Pritha
- daivīm prakṛitim
- divine energy
- āśhritāḥ
- take shelter of
- bhajanti
- engage in devotion
- ananya-manasaḥ
- with mind fixed exclusively
- jñātvā
- knowing
- bhūta
- all creation
- ādim
- the origin
- avyayam
- imperishable
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