Word meanings
- tasmāt
- therefore
- sarveṣu
- in all
- kāleṣu
- times
- mām
- me
- anusmara
- remember
- yudhya
- fight
- ca
- and
- mayi
- to me
- arpita
- surrender
- manaḥ
- mind
- buddhiḥ
- intellect
- mām
- to me
- eva
- surely
- eṣyasi
- you shall attain
- asanśayaḥ
- without a doubt
Translations
Therefore, at all times, remember Me only and fight. With your mind and intellect fixed on Me, you will undoubtedly come to Me alone.
Therefore, always meditate on Me and fight; if your mind and reason are fixed on Me, you will surely come to Me.
Therefore, think of Me at all times and fight; there is no doubt that by dedicating your mind and intellect to Me, you will attain only Me.
इसलिये तू सब समयमें मेरा स्मरण कर और युद्ध भी कर। मेरेमें मन और बुद्धि अर्पित करनेवाला तू निःसन्देह मेरेको ही प्राप्त होगा।Commentary
The whole mental machinery should be dedicated to the Lord. You must work with the mind and intellect devoted to Him. Fight Perform your own Dharma, the duty of a Kshatriya. It will purify your heart and you will attain to knowledge and come to Me. The term fight is Upalakshana (suggestive). It means Do your duties according to your caste and order of life. Varnashrama-Dharmas (the duties pertaining to the various castes and orders of life) and Nitya-Naimittika Karmas are the Upalakshanas (factors suggested or alluded to).
The Chitta-Vritti which is of the form of the object meditated upon is the Bhavana. (Chitta-Vrittis is mental modification). The Bhavana is for those who practise Saguna Upasana. Bhavana at the time of separtion of the body is not necessary for a sage or a Jnani who has attained to the knowledge of the Self or Selfrealisation. (Cf.IX.34XII.8-11)