Gita Bhashya -Sankara 332

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -8

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Ananya-cetāh satatam yo mām smarati nityaśah
Tasyāham sulahhah Pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginah

14. With the mind not thinking of any other object, whoso remembers Me constantly and eternally, by that ever-steadfast yogin, O Pārtha, Ī am easily attai­ nable.

With the mind not thinking of any other object, whoso, meaning, a yogin, remembers Me, the Supreme Lord (Parameśvara), constantly, uninterruptedly, and eternally, for long-that is, not for six months or a year, but throughout life, by that ever-steadfast, perpetually self-composed, yogin, I am easily attainable, O Pārtha. This being so, one should therefore have his mind ever concentrated on Me, without thinking of anything else.

"What avails by Thy being easily attainable??"

"Listen to what, I shall tell you, ensues from My easy accessibility ":

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