Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 8, Verse 8
अभ्यासयोगयुक्तेन चेतसा नान्यगामिना । परमं पुरुषं दिव्यं याति पार्थानुचिन्तयन्
abhyāsayogayuktena cetasā nānyagāminā | paramaṃ puruṣaṃ divyaṃ yāti pārthānucintayan
Translation
Meditating with the mind engaged in the Yoga of constant practice, not passing over to any thing else, one goes to the Supreme Puruṣa, the Resplendent, O son of Pṛthā.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- abhyāsayogayuktena
- with practice, and, with yoga, and, (with) united
- cetasā
- with the mind
- na
- not
- anyagāminā
- to another, goes, thus, by it
- paramam
- highest
- puruṣam
- man
- divyam
- divine
- yāti
- goes
- pārtha
- O Pārtha
- anucintayan
- thinking on
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Practice consists in the repetition of one and the same idea, uninterrupted by any other thought, with reference to Me, the sole object of your thought. Such a practice is itself said to be Yoga. With the mind thus solely engaged in Yoga, not passing over to any other object, the Yogin who meditates according to the teaching of the scripture and of the teacher — of the śāstra and ācārya — reaches the Puruṣa, the Transcendental Being in the Solar Orb.