Bhagavad Gita Chapter 10 Verse 9 भगवद् गीता अध्याय 10 श्लोक 9 मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्। कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च।।10.9।। English Translation - Swami Gambirananda 10.9 With minds fixed on Me, with lives dedicated to Me, enlightening each other, and always speaking of Me, they derive satisfaction and rejoice. English Translation - Swami Sivananda 10.9 With their mind and their life wholly absorbed in Me, enlightening each other and ever speaking of Me, they are satisfied and delighted. English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan 10.9. Having their mind fixed on Me, their life gone into Me, enlightening each other, and constantly talking of Me, they are pleased and are delighted. English Commentary - Swami Sivananda 10.9 मच्चित्ताः with their minds wholly in Me? मद्गतप्राणाः with their life absorbed in Me? बोधयन्तः,enlightening? परस्परम् mutually? कथयन्तः speaking of? च and? माम् Me? नित्यम् always? तुष्यन्ति are satisfied? च and? रमन्ति (they) are delighted? च and.Commentary The characteristics of a devotee who has attained the realisation of oneness are described in this verse. The devotee constantly thinks of the Lord. His very life is absorbed in Him. He has consecrated his whole life to the Lord. According to another interpretation? all his senses (which function because of the Prana)? such as the eye are absorbed in Him. He takes immense delight in talking about Him? about His supreme wisdom? power? might and other attributes. He has completely dedicated himself to the Lord.He feels intense satisfaction and is delighted as if he is in the company of his Beloved (God). The Purana says? The sum total of the sensual pleasures of this world and also all the great pleasures of the divine regions (heavens) are not worth a sixteenth part of that bliss which proceeds from the eradication of desires and cravings. (Cf.XII.8) English Translation of Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya's 10.9 Maccittah, with minds fixed on Me; mad-gata-pranah, with lives (pranas) dedicated to Me, or having their organs, eyes etc. absorbed in Me, i.e. having their organs withdrawn into Me; bodhayantah, enlightening; parasparam, each other; and nityam, always; kathayantah, speaking of; mam, Me, as possessed of alities like knowledge, strength, valour, etc; tusyanti, they derive satisfaction; and ramanti, rejoice, get happiness, as by coming in contact with a dear one. English Translation of Commentary - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan 10.9 See Comment under 10.11 English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary 10.9 They live with their minds focussed on Me, namely, with their minds fixed on Me; with their Pranas, i.e., life, centred on Me - the meaning is that they are unable to sustain themselves without Me. They inspire one another by speaking about My attributes which have been experienced by them and narrating My divine and adorable deeds. They live in contentment and bliss at all times. The speakers are delighted by their own speech, because it is spontaneous, without any ulterior motive; the listeners too feel the speech to be unsurpassingly and incomparably dear to them. They thus live in bliss. Commentary - Chakravarthi Ji Such ananya bhaktas, who have attained buddhi yoga by my mercy, attain that knowledge of me mentioned previously, which is hard to understand. Their minds are greedy for my form, name, qualities pastimes and the taste of sweetness (mac cittah). They are unable to maintain their life without me (mad gata pranah), just as men are completely dedicated to food (anna gata prana nara), since they depend on it to live. They explain to each other with friendliness about the types of bhakti and the real nature of bhakti (bodhayantah). They talk about me, a great ocean of very sweet form, qualities and pastimes (kathayantah). They glorify me by narrating about my form, qualities and pastimes. Since smarana (mac cittah), sravana (bodhayantah) and kirtana (kathayantah) are best among all types of bhakti, they have been specifically mentioned. Thus these bhaktas are satisfied and enjoy. This is private or internal experience. Or the meaning of “satisfaction and enjoyment” can be as follows. They are satisfied even at the stage of sadhana, by continual performance of their worship brought about by good fortune, and they take pleasure in thinking of their future attainment of prema, and enjoy with their Lord through the mind. This indicates raganuga bhakti. Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary The worship being explained here is bhakti or exclusive loving devotion. The words mac-citta means those who hearts are dedicated unto the Supreme Lord alone. Whose mind and senses are also totally directed to Him solely. The word mad-gatah-pranah means those who have dedicated their lives to the Supreme Lord Krishna. Such spiritually intelligent beings reflect upon His phenomenal glories, incessantly relishing His lilas or divine pastimes and enlightening each other of their reflections and experiences in their internal mood of loving devotion to Him and enjoy sublime, transcendental bliss. Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary The words mad-gata-prana means that one surrenders their very life to Lord Krishna, meaning that all their thoughts and actions are directed for His satisfaction exclusively. Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary The words mac-citta means those who devote their hearts on Lord Krishna. The words mad-gata-prana means those whose lives cannot exist without Lord Krishna. Such great beings constantly enlighten each other about His transcendental attributes and extraordinary lilas or divine pastimes and exchange bliss by relating the realisations they have experienced from such. The sense of satisfaction from the mere conversation about Lord Krishna makes them so blissful that there contentment is permanent and needs nothing else to complete it. Furthermore simply hearing about Lord Krishnas lilas causes these devotees to become ecstatic, exhibiting a rapturous and exultant glow of love. Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary The words mac-citta means those who devote their hearts on Lord Krishna. The words mad-gata-prana means those whose lives cannot exist without Lord Krishna. Such great beings constantly enlighten each other about His transcendental attributes and extraordinary lilas or divine pastimes and exchange bliss by relating the realisations they have experienced from such. The sense of satisfaction from the mere conversation about Lord Krishna makes them so blissful that there contentment is permanent and needs nothing else to complete it. Furthermore simply hearing about Lord Krishnas lilas causes these devotees to become ecstatic, exhibiting a rapturous and exultant glow of love. Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 10.9Macchittaa madgatapraanaa bodhayantah parasparam; Kathayantashcha maam nityam tushyanti cha ramanti cha. Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 10.9mat-chittāḥ—those with minds fixed on me; mat-gata-prāṇāḥ—those who have surrendered their lives to me; bodhayantaḥ—enlightening (with divine knowledge of God); parasparam—one another; kathayantaḥ—speaking; cha—and; mām—about me; nityam—continously; tuṣhyanti—satisfaction; cha—and; ramanti—(they) delight; cha—also