Bhagavad Gita · Bhakti YogaChapter 12, Shloka 7 (12.7)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्
भवामि न चिरात् पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्
॥ 12.7 ॥
teṣāmahaṃ samuddhartā mṛtyusaṃsārasāgarāt
bhavāmi na cirāt pārtha mayyāveśitacetasām
Translation
"— O Partha, for those devotees whose minds are set on me, I soon become the one who lifts them out of the ocean of samsara, which is death."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. mṛtyuyuktaḥ saṃsāraḥ mṛtyusaṃsāraḥ, sa eva sāgara iva sāgaraḥ, dustaratvāt — samsara bound up with death; an ocean because it is hard to cross; na cirāt, kiṃ tarhi kṣipram eva.
Acharya Ramanuja (12.6–12.7 together): teṣāṃ matprāptivirodhitayā mṛtyubhūtān saṃsārākhyāt sāgarād aham acireṇa eva kālena samuddhartā bhavāmi — from the ocean of samsara, which blocks the way to me and is like death, I lift them out in a very short time.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.