Gita Verse 18.57

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 57

Sanskrit Verse

चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः।बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव।।18.57।।

Transliteration

chetasā sarva-karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-paraḥ

buddhi-yogam upāśhritya mach-chittaḥ satataṁ bhava

Word meanings

chetasā—by consciousness; sarva-karmāṇi—every activity; mayi—to me; sannyasya—dedicating; mat-paraḥ—having me as the supreme goal; buddhi-yogam—having the intellect united with God; upāśhritya—taking shelter of; mat-chittaḥ—consciousness absorbed in me; satatam—always; bhava—be

Swami Sivananda's translation

Mentally renouncing all actions in Me, having Me as the highest goal, and resorting to the yoga of discrimination, do thou ever fix thy mind on Me.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18