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Bhagavad Gita · 9.13 · Yoga through the King of Sciences·13 of 34

महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः।भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम् ॥

mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛitim

āśhritāḥ bhajantyananya-manaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam

Sanskrit recitation

How people reach for God · 9.11–9.25 · Teaching

Translation

But the great souls, O Arjuna, partaking of My divine nature, worship Me with a single-minded devotion, knowing Me as the imperishable source of all beings.

Meaning

Jnatva Bhutadimavyayam There is another interpretation -- knowing Me to be the source or the origin of beings and imperishable.Daivim Prakritim Divine or Sattvic nature. Those who are endowed with divine nature, and who possess selfrestraint, mercy, faith, purity, etc.Mahatmanah Or, the highsouled ones are those whose pure minds have been made by Me, as My special abode. I dwell in the pure minds of the highsouled ones. They have sincere devotion to Me. Those who possess divine Sattvic nature, who are endowed with a pure mind, and who have knowledge of the Self are Mahatmas.Bhutas All living beings, as well as the five elements.

After Swami Sivananda

How people reach for God· 9.11–9.25→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
mahā-ātmānaḥ
the great souls
tu
but
mām
me
pārtha
Arjun, the son of Pritha
daivīm prakṛitim
divine energy
āśhritāḥ
take shelter of
bhajanti
engage in devotion
ananya-manasaḥ
with mind fixed exclusively
jñātvā
knowing
bhūta
all creation
ādim
the origin
avyayam
imperishable

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