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BG 9.22

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते। तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्।।9.22।।

ananyāśh chintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣhāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣhemaṁ vahāmyaham

Verse translation

But if a person meditates on Me and Me alone, worships Me always and everywhere, I will take upon Myself the fulfillment of their aspiration, and I will safeguard whatever they attain.

English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.

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12word links
Sanskrit formMeaning here
ananyāḥalways
chintayantaḥthink of
māmme
yethose who
janāḥpersons
paryupāsateworship exclusively
teṣhāmof them
nitya abhiyuktānāmwho are always absorbed
yogasupply spiritual assets
kṣhemamprotect spiritual assets
vahāmicarry
ahamI
Explanation and elucidation

Persons who, meditating on Me as nonseparate, worship Me in all beings: to them who are ever devout, I secure gain and safety. They consider themselves as nonseparate, i.e., they look upon the Supreme Being as nonseparate from their own Self they look upon the Supreme Being as their own Self.

Attributed explanatory witness: Swami Sivananda. Chapter lens: Observe the chapter’s first-person claims, the relation between Kṛṣṇa and the world, different forms of worship and accessible devotion.

Commentary perspectives

Three named reading witnesses

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Śaṅkara edition witness

Swami Gambirananda

Those persons who, becoming non-different from Me and meditating, worship Me everywhere, for them, who are ever attached to Me, I arrange for securing what they lack and preserving what they have.

Rāmānuja edition witness

Swami Adidevananda

Those who, excluding all else, think of Me and worship Me, aspiring after eternal union with Me, I look after their prosperity and welfare (Yoga and Ksema).

Sivananda commentary witness

Swami Sivananda

Persons who, meditating on Me as nonseparate, worship Me in all beings: to them who are ever devout, I secure gain and safety. They consider themselves as nonseparate, i.e., they look upon the Supreme Being as nonseparate from their own Self they look upon the Supreme Being as their own Self.

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  1. 1

    But if a person meditates on Me and Me alone, worships Me always and everywhere, I will take upon Myself the fulfillment of their aspiration

  2. 2

    I will safeguard whatever they attain

  3. 3

    ananyāḥ: always

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  2. 2

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