10.9
मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम् ।
कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च ॥
maccittā madgataprāṇā bodhayantaḥ parasparam
kathayantaś ca māṃ nityaṃ tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) continues. This is what the worship of 10.8 looks like among them.
The verse
With their minds on me and their life gone to me, awakening one another and always telling of me, they are content and they delight.
नेपालीमा
मन ममा राखेर, जीवन ममा लगाएर, एकअर्कालाई जगाउँदै र सधैँ मेरो कुरा गर्दै, तिनीहरू सन्तुष्ट हुन्छन् र रमाउँछन्।
Where it sits
The worship is not a private posture only. It is mutual. They cause one another to know, and they speak of him. The delight is the last word of the verse, before he says what he gives them.
Split: मत्-चित्ताः + मत्-गत-प्राणाः + बोधयन्तः + परस्परम् + कथयन्तः + च + माम् + नित्यम् + तुष्यन्ति + च + रमन्ति + च
mat-cittāḥ + mat-gata-prāṇāḥ + bodhayantaḥ + parasparam + kathayantaḥ + ca + mām + nityam + tuṣyanti + ca + ramanti + ca
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| मत्-चित्ताः | mat-cittāḥ | nominative plural, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | they whose mind is on me. Recited maccittāḥ (मच्चित्ताः). |
| मत्-गत-प्राणाः | mat-gata-prāṇāḥ | nominative plural, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | they whose life-breath has gone to me. Recited madgataprāṇāḥ (मद्गतप्राणाः). prāṇa (प्राण) is the breath, the life. |
| बोधयन्तः | bodhayantaḥ | present participle, nominative plural, causative of budh (बुध्) | awakening one another. Causing one another to know. |
| परस्परम् | parasparam | indeclinable | one another. Mutually. |
| कथयन्तः | kathayantaḥ | present participle, nominative plural | telling. Recounting. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. What they tell of. |
| नित्यम् | nityam | adverbial accusative | always. Constantly. |
| तुष्यन्ति | tuṣyanti | present, 3rd plural of tuṣ (तुष्) | they are content. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| रमन्ति | ramanti | present, 3rd plural of ram (रम्) | they delight. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. The second ca (च) pairs the two verbs. |
The phrases
maccittāḥ madgataprāṇāḥ (मच्चित्ताः मद्गतप्राणाः) describes the same people as the budhāḥ (बुधाः) of 10.8, by where the mind and the breath have gone. Both compounds describe the people. They do not name a mind and a breath as separate subjects.
bodhayantaḥ parasparaṃ kathayantaḥ ca māṃ nityam (बोधयन्तः परस्परं कथयन्तः च मां नित्यम्) is what they do together. They wake one another, and they constantly tell of him. tuṣyanti ca ramanti ca (तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च) is the pair of results. Contentment, and delight.
Sanskrit in this line
mat-cittāḥ (मत्-चित्ताः) is a bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि). The compound describes someone who was not named as the chief noun inside it. It does not mean "my mind." It means "they whose mind is on me." The ending is plural because the people are plural.
mat (मत्) + cittāḥ (चित्ताः) is recited maccittāḥ (मच्चित्ताः). t (त्) before c (च्) becomes c (च्). mat (मत्) + gata (गत) is recited madgata (मद्गत). t (त्) before the voiced g (ग्) becomes d (द्). kathayantaḥ (कथयन्तः) + ca (च) is kathayantaś ca (कथयन्तश्च). Visarga before c (च्) becomes ś (श्).
Say it back
The two compounds, then the two verbs of delight. If maccittāḥ (मच्चित्ताः) comes out as "my mind" rather than "they whose mind is on me," stay here.