9.14 Always singing of me Krishna speaks
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः
नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते
satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaśh cha dṛiḍha-vratāḥ
namasyantaśh cha māṁ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate
Always singing of me, striving, firm in their resolve, bowing to me — they worship me with steadfast devotion.
Explanation
What that worship looks like, and it is ordinary.
Singing of him, striving, firm in resolve, bowing.
Four plain activities, all available to anyone, none of them requiring a teacher, a seat, or the breath drawn between the brows. The easy to practise of 9.2 is being cashed out here.
Word by word
- satatam
- always
- kīrtayantaḥ
- singing divine glories
- mām
- me
- yatantaḥ
- striving
- cha
- and
- dṛiḍha-vratāḥ
- with great determination
- namasyantaḥ
- humbly bowing down
- cha
- and
- mām
- me
- bhaktyā
- loving devotion
- nitya-yuktāḥ
- constantly united
- upāsate
- worship
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