Sanskrit · Devanagari
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः। तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
ananyacetāḥ satataṃ yo māṃ smarati nityaśaḥ tasyāhaṃ sulabhaḥ pārtha nityayuktasya yoginaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882and meditating on me he reaches the highest goal. To the devotee who constantly practises abstraction O son of Pṛthā! and who with a mind not (turned) to anything else is ever and constantly meditating on me I am easy of access.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।8.14।। --,अनन्यचेताः न अन्यविषये चेतः यस्य सोऽयम् अनन्यचेताः योगी सततं सर्वदा यः मां परमेश्वरं स्मरति नित्यशः। सततम् इति नैरन्तर्यम् उच्यते नित्यशः इति दीर्घकालत्वम् उच्यते। न षण्मासं संवत्सरं वा किं तर्हि यावज्जीवं नैरन्तर्येण यः मां स्मरतीत्यर्थः। तस्य योगिनः अहं सुलभः सुखेन लभ्यः हे पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य सदा समाहितचित्तस्य योगिनः। यतः एवम् अतः अनन्यचेताः सन् मयि सदा समाहितः भवेत्।।तव सौलभ्येन किं स्यात् इत्युच्यते श्रृणु तत् मम सौलभ्येन यत् भवति --,
6b7baee1be2a…Rāmānuja
8.14 I am easy to access to that Yogin who is 'ever integrated with Me,' i.e., who wants constant contact with Me, who recollects Me; and whose mind is not in 'anything else without break' (Nityasah), i.e., at the time of meditation and also during all other times (Satatam). As I am exceedingly dear to him, he is unable to sustain himself without remembering Me and cherishing My memory which is incomparably dear to him. I am the only object he wants to attain and not any mode of My being like sovereignty, etc. I Myself grant him the capacity to attain full maturity in devotional practice necessary for attaining Me - namely, the annulment of all obstacles and the establishment of the state of mind that renders Me exceedingly dear to oneself. The Sruti also says: 'He whom this (Self) chooses, by him He can be obtained' (Mun. U., 3.2.3 and Ka. U., 2.22). And Sri Krsna Himself will teach: "To those, ceaselessly united, who worship Me, I bestow that discernment by which they come to Me. Out of mercy for them, I, abiding in their heart, dispel the darkness born of ignorance, by the brilliant lamp of knowledge" (10.10;11). In the remaining part of this chapter, He teaches that the Jnanis and the aspirants after Kaivalya do not deturn, and that the seekers after power and prosperity return.
41e12c3305ca…Swami Sivananda
8.14 अनन्यचेताः with the mind not thinking of any other object? सततम् constantly? यः who? माम् Me? स्मरति remembers? नित्यशः daily? तस्य of him? अहम् I? सुलभः easily attainable? पार्थ O Partha? नित्ययुक्तस्य eversteadfast? योगिनः of Yogi.Commentary I am easily attainable by that eversteadfast Yogi who constantly and daily remembers Me (for a long time)? not thinking of anything else (with a single mind or onepointed mind)? O Partha (Arjuna).Commentary Constantly remembering the Lord throughout the life is the most easy way of attaining Him.Ananyachetah He has no attachment for any other object. He will not think of any other object save his IshtaDevata or tutelary deity.Nityasah For a long time? i.e.? till the end of life.He who remembers the Lord by fits and starts or he who remembers Him for six montsh and then leaves the practice and then again remembers Him for six months and so on cannot attain Him. (Cf.IX.22?34)
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