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BG 8.8

अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना
परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्

abhyāsa-yoga-yuktena
cetasā nānya-gāminā
paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ
yāti pārthānucintayan

SYNONYMS

abhyāsayogayuktena: trained by constant practice | cetasā: Meditating with a mind | nānyagāminā: and not moving towards anything else | paramaṃ: Supreme | puruṣaṃ: Person | divyaṃ: Divine | yāti: one reaches | pārthānucintayan: O Arjuna, thinking |

TRANSLATION

Meditating with a mind trained by constant practice and not moving towards anything else, thinking of the Supreme Divine Person, one reaches Me, O Arjuna!

PURPORT

Contemplating on Me, the Supreme Divine Person, in the way to be specified further, at the last moment, with a mind trained by constant practice and Yoga, and not moving towards anything else, one reaches Me alone, i.e., attains a form similar to that of Mine, by virtue of the attributes of enjoyment and the prosperity contemplated upon, like the royal sage Bharata who acquired the form of a deer on account of contemplating on it at the last moment. Abhyasa is the training of the mind to be often in touch with the object of meditation at all times without obstruction to the performance of the prescribed periodical and occasional rituals. Yoga is the meditation practised day by day at the time of Yoga practice in the manner prescribed.