Word meanings
- teṣām
- of those
- aham
- I
- samuddhartā
- the deliverer
- mṛtyu-saṃsāra-sāgarāt
- from the ocean of birth and death
- bhavāmi
- (I) become
- na
- not
- cirāt
- after a long time
- pārtha
- Arjun, the son of Pritha
- mayi
- with me
- āveśita cetasām
- of those whose consciousness is united
Translations
To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I soon become the savior out of the ocean of Samsara.
O Arjuna! I rescue them from the ocean of life and death, for their minds are fixed upon Me.
O son of Prtha, for those who have their minds absorbed in Me, I become, without delay, the deliverer from the sea of the world, which is fraught with death.
हे पार्थ ! मेरेमें आविष्ट चित्तवाले उन भक्तोंका मैं मृत्युरूप संसार-समुद्रसे शीघ्र ही उद्धार करनेवाला बन जाता हूँ।Commentary
Mortal Samsara The round of birth and death. The devotee who does total, unconditional, and ungrudging selfsurrender to the Lord, who places himself completely at the mercy of the Lord, and who fixes of actions by offering them to the Lord and who thus destroys any power in the actions to bear fruit, and who has abandoned even the idea of liberation, is soon lifted by the Lord from the mortal plane to the abode of Immortality.I redeem such persons who have become Macchitta i.e., mind united with Me, from the ocean of the mortal world or worldly life, without delay.
(Cf.X.10.11XII.6and7)