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BG 12.8

मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय
निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः

mayy eva mana ādhatsva
mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya
nivasiṣyasi mayy eva
ata ūrdhvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

SYNONYMS

mayi: on Me | eva 1: alone | manaḥ: Focus your mind | ādhatsva: focus | mayi 2: into Me | buddhim: your Buddhi | niveśaya: and let enter | nivasiṣyasi: Then, you will live | mayi 3: in Me | eva 2: alone | ataḥ: Then | ūrdhvam: hereafter | na: no | saṃśayaḥ: there is doubt |

TRANSLATION

Focus your mind on Me alone; and let your Buddhi enter into Me. Then, you will live in Me alone; there is no doubt.

PURPORT

‘Focus your mind on Me alone,’ on account of My being the unsurpassed end of human endeavour and on My being easily attainable without delay. Focus your mind in meditation on Me alone. Let your Buddhi ‘enter into Me,’ strengthened by the conviction that I alone am the supreme object to be attained. Then you will ‘live in Me alone,’ i.e., You will live in Me alone immediately after focusing your mind on Me by forming the conviction that I alone am the supreme object to be attained.