Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10, Verse 17

कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन् । केषु केषु च भावेषु चिन्त्योऽसि भगवन्मया

kathaṃ vidyāmahaṃ yogiṃstvāṃ sadā paricintayan | keṣu keṣu ca bhāveṣu cintyo'si bhagavanmayā

Translation

How shall I, ever meditating, know Thee, O Yogin; in what several things, O Lord, art Thou to be thought of by Me?

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

katham

how

vidyām

may know

aham

I

yogin

O yogi

tvām

thee

sadā

always

paricintayan

meditating

keṣu

(in) what

keṣu

(in) what

ca

and

bhāveṣu

in moods

cintyaḥ

to be thought

asi

art

bhagavan

O blessed Lord

mayā

by me

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

In what manner should I, who am of dull understanding, meditate constantly on Thee, in order that my reason may thereby be purified so as to be able to know Thy unconditioned being?