Bhagavad Gita · Bhakti YogaChapter 12, Shloka 6 (12.6)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि सन्न्यस्य मत्पराः
अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते
॥ 12.6 ॥
ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi sannyasya matparāḥ
ananyenaiva yogena māṃ dhyāyanta upāsate
Translation
"But those who offer all their actions to me, take me as their goal, and worship me, meditating on me with undivided yoga —" (the sentence continues in 12.7)
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. mayi īśvare saṃnyasya matparāḥ; ananyenaiva avidyamānam anyat ālambanaṃ viśvarūpaṃ devam ātmānaṃ muktvā yasya saḥ ananyaḥ — one who has no support other than the divine cosmic form (the Self).
Acharya Ramanuja. laukikāni dehayātrāśeṣabhūtāni … aśanādīni karmāṇi, vaidikāni ca yāgadānahomatapaḥprabhṛtīni sarvāṇi — all actions: worldly ones like eating and drinking, and Vedic ones like sacrifice and charity; dhyānārcanapraṇāmastutikīrtanādīni svayam eva atyarthapriyāṇi prāpyasamāni kurvantaḥ — meditation, worship, bowing, praise, kirtan — which are themselves so dear that they feel equal to the goal.
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