Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9, Verse 13

महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः । भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम्

mahātmānastu māṃ pārtha daivīṃ prakṛtimāśritāḥ | bhajantyananyamanaso jñātvā bhūtādimavyayam

Translation

The Mahātmans, O son of Pṛthā, partaking of the nature of the Devas, worship Me with mind turned to no other, knowing (Me) as the imperishable source of all beings.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

mahātmānaḥ

mahātmās

tu

indeed

mām

me

pārtha

O Pārtha

daivīm

divine

prakṛtim

nature

āśritāḥ

refuged (in)

bhajanti

worship

ananyamanasaḥ

is not, in another, mind, whose, they

jñātvā

having known

bhūtādim

of beings, the beginning

avyayam

imperishable

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Mahātmans: the high-souled — those whose mind (sattva) has been purified by yajña or sacrifice. The nature of the Devas consists in their control over the body, mind and the senses, in kindness, in faith and the like. With mind turned to no other: with the mind resting on Me, the Innermost Self, who am no other than their own Self.