Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 65

मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु । मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे

manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru | māmevaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo'si me

Translation

Fix thy thought on Me, be devoted to Me, worship Me, do homage to Me. Thou shalt reach Myself. The truth do I declare to thee; (for) thou art dear to Me.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

manmanāḥ

in me, mind, whose, he

bhava

be

madbhaktaḥ

my devotee

madyājī

to me, sacrifices, thus

mām

me

namaskuru

salute

mām

to me

eva

even

eṣyasi

(thou) shalt come

satyam

truth

te

to thee

pratijāne

(I) promise

priyaḥ

dear

asi

(thou) art

me

of me

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Thus acting — i.e., looking up to Vāsudeva alone as thy aim, means, and end — thou shalt come to Me. In this matter I make a solemn promise. Knowing that the Lord's declarations are true, and being convinced that mokṣa is a necessary result of devotion to the Lord, one should look to the Lord as the highest and sole Refuge.