Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 308

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-9 Rāja-vidyā Rāja--guhya Yogaḥ

Sri Krishna now describes the nature of Bhakti: manmanā bhāva mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṃ namas-kuru | māmevaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṃ mat parāyaṇam || 34 || 34. Focus your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, offer worship to Me, bow down to Me. Engaging your mind in this manner and regarding Me as the supreme goal, you will come to Me. Commentary “Fix your mind on Me without interruption like the flow of a continuous stream of oil — meditate upon Me as the Supreme Ruler, opposed to all that is negative, the sole repository of goodness, the omniscient one who is completely self-determining, the sole cause of the entire universe, the Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Person; having large eyes shaped like a lotus petal; with a complexion like a clear blue cloud; whose radiance is like that of a thousand suns simultaneously risen; the great ocean of exquisite beauty; having four arms, noble and strong, dressed in brilliant yellow raiment; adorned with a pure crown, crocodile-shaped ear-rings, garlands, arm-bracelets and bangles on the wrists; the ocean of infinite mercy, affability, beauty, sweetness, majesty, magnanimity and parental affection; the refuge of all without exception and without partiality — the Supreme Lord of all.” Offer worship to Me — Worship is really the conduct of one who realises that he is absolutely dependant — (śeṣa) on God. Worship traditionally consists also in offering (1) all things of enjoyment such as waving of lights etc. (2) all those things which are tangible like garlands, sandal paste etc., (3) food offerings.