Chapter 12 · The Way of Devotion
Verse 9
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 12, Verse 9
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।
Transliteration (IAST)
atha chittaṁ samādhātuṁ na śhaknoṣhi mayi sthiram abhyāsa-yogena tato mām ichchhāptuṁ dhanañjaya
Translation
If now you are unable to focus your mind on Me, then seek to reach Me, O Arjuna, through the practice of repetition.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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