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Chapter 12
Link:—In the second verse,the Lord declared that the devotees who warship God with attributes, are the most perfect in Yoga, while in the sixth and the seventh verses He declared that, He delivers such' devotees from the ocean of death-bound existence. Therefore, the Lord now commands Arjuna to become perfect in Yoga, by fixing his mind and intellect on Him, as He describes, in the eighth verse; or through practice of concentration, or through performance of actions for His sake, or through the renouncement of fruit of actions, as He describes, in the ninth, the tenth and the eleventh verses, respectively.
mayyeva mina adhatsva mayi buddhim nivesaya
nivasisyasi mayyeva ata urdhvam na samsayah
Fix thy mind on Me alone and fix thy intellect on Me alone; there upon thou shalt live in Me entirely. There is no doubt, about it. 8
Comment:-
Mayyeva mana adhatsva mayi buddhih nivesaya:- According to the Lord, only those persons are most perfect in Yoga, who have realized their eternal union, with God. In order to make strivers perfect in Yoga, the Lord orders them through Arjuna, to fix their minds and intellects on Him, by regarding Him, as the most loving and supreme Goal.
We have our eternal union with God, but we do not realize it, because we do not fix our mind and intellect, in Him. Therefore, the Lord directs us, to fix our mind and intellect in Him, and then we shall realize that we live in Him i.e., we are established in Him.
'Fix thy mind on Me' - it means, that the mind should be diverted from the thought of the world, to God. 'Fix thy intellect in Me' - it means, that the striver, should have a firm resolve, that he is only God's, only God is, his and He is the Supreme, to be attained. By doing so, he will cease thinking of the world and his attachment to it will come to an end, and he will have affinity, only for God.
Fixation of intellect, is more important than, fixation of mind. If one has, a firm resolve, with his intellect, his mind will also accept, that resolution. If a person's aim, is not God-realization, he may attain accomplishment (Siddhis), but he will not realize God. Therefore, a striver should have a firm resolve, that he has to realize God.
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