अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्
अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनंजय
atha cittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram
abhyāsayogena tato māmicchāptuṃ dhanaṃjaya
TRANSLATION
If now you are unable to focus your mind on Me, then seek to reach Me, O Arjuna, by the practice of repetition.
PURPORT
Now, if you are unable to focus your mind immediately on Me in deep meditation, then seek to reach Me by the ‘practice of repetition (Abhyasa Yoga)’. By the repeated practice of remembrance full of immense love, concentrate your mind on Me the ocean of manifold attributes innate to Me like, beauty, affability, friendliness, affection, compassion, sweetness, majesty, magnanimity, heroism, valour, might, omniscience, freedom from wants, unfailing resolves, sovereignty over all, being the cause of all etc., and being antagonistic to all that is evil. All these attributes are of unlimited excellence in the Supreme Person.