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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 Verse 8

भगवद् गीता अध्याय 12 श्लोक 8

मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।
निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।

English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

12.8. [Hence], fix your mind on nothing but Me; cuase your taught to settle in Me. Thus resorting to the best Yoga, you will dwell in Me alone.

English Translation of Commentary - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

12.6-8 Ye tu etc. upto asthitah. Those who renounce all (all actions) in Me according to the instruction related above - of them I am the redeemer from all the afflictions like obstacles [on the way to realisation] etc. The act of causing the mind to enter [into the Supreme] has been explained (under XII, 2 above). Therefore, this alone is the highest form of Yoga, because it is natural. Hence [I have said] in my Hymn : If, during [ones] concentration, reflecting with high esteem and remaining in a [particular] posture, and the best process (karana), a person causes a certain awakening to shine forth, that is not the Consciousness of Yours (i.e. of the Goddess) that rises up perennially and flows with its own (unadulterated) taste; for, here (in the former) too the presence of the triad is distinctly felt. On the other hand, when [glowing] without fuel; holding to its independence; following horripilation, [bodily] shake and tears, [all] breaking forth spontaneously; and clearly assuming the indifference [even] to the body; the awakening fire of Consciousness suddely shines, on its own accord simultaneously; then alone, O Goddess, that body of Yours, the mightly Lord (Mahesa) is realised - a body which is devoid of [all] supports, and which breaks the bondage of the dependent. And so on.

Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 12.8

Mayyeva mana aadhatswa mayi buddhim niveshaya; Nivasishyasi mayyeva ata oordhwam na samshayah.

Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 12.8

mayi—on Me; eva—alone; manaḥ—mind; ādhatsva—fix; mayi—on Me; buddhim—intellect; niveśhaya—surrender; nivasiṣhyasi—you shall always live; mayi—in Me; eva—alone; ataḥ ūrdhvam—thereafter; na—not; sanśhayaḥ—doubt