12.2
श्रीभगवानुवाच
मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ।
श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः ॥
śrībhagavān uvāca
mayy āveśya mano ye māṃ nityayuktā upāsate
śraddhayā parayopetās te me yuktatamā matāḥ
śrībhagavān (श्रीभगवान्) is speaking: the n (न्) of bhagavān (भगवान्) joins uvāca (उवाच), so the line outside the meter is śrībhagavānuvāca (श्रीभगवानुवाच), and the speaker is Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) through 12.20.
The verse
श्रीभगवान् said: Those who worship me with the mind placed in me, always yoked, endowed with the highest trust — they are, in my view, the most yoked.
नेपालीमा
श्रीभगवान्ले भने, जसले मन ममा राखेर, सधैँ जोडिएर, सर्वोच्च विश्वासले युक्त भएर मलाई पूजा गर्छन्, तिनीहरू मेरो दृष्टिमा सबैभन्दा जोडिएका हुन्।
Where it sits
12.1 asked who the best knowers are. This verse answers with the worship aimed at him. yukta-tamāḥ (युक्त-तमाः) is his word for the yoga-vit-tamāḥ (योग-वित्-तमाः) Arjuna (अर्जुन) asked about. The unmanifest worship is still to be placed.
Split: मयि + आवेश्य + मनः + ये + माम् + नित्य-युक्ताः + उपासते + श्रद्धया + परया + उपेताः + ते + मे + युक्त-तमाः + मताः
mayi + āveśya + manaḥ + ye + mām + nitya-yuktāḥ + upāsate + śraddhayā + parayā + upetāḥ + te + me + yukta-tamāḥ + matāḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| मयि | mayi | locative of aham (अहम्) | in me. |
| आवेश्य | āveśya | gerund | having placed in. Causative of ā-viś (आ-विश्), "cause to enter." |
| मनः | manaḥ | accusative of manas (मनस्) | the mind. What is placed. |
| ये | ye | nominative plural | who. |
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. |
| नित्य-युक्ताः | nitya-yuktāḥ | nominative plural | always yoked. nitya (नित्य) "constant." |
| उपासते | upāsate | present, 3rd plural, middle | they worship. |
| श्रद्धया | śraddhayā | instrumental of śraddhā (श्रद्धा) | with trust. |
| परया | parayā | instrumental feminine of para (पर) | with the highest. Agrees with śraddhayā (श्रद्धया). |
| उपेताः | upetāḥ | nominative plural | endowed, come into. From उप-इ upa-i. |
| ते | te | nominative plural | they. |
| मे | me | genitive enclitic | of me. In my view. |
| युक्त-तमाः | yukta-tamāḥ | nominative plural | the most yoked. -tama (तम) again, "most." |
| मताः | matāḥ | nominative plural | considered. From man (मन्), "think." |
The phrases
mayi āveśya manaḥ ye māṃ nityayuktā upāsate (मयि आवेश्य मनः ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते) is his side of the comparison. Who, having placed the mind in me, worship me, always yoked. मयि + आवेश्य mayi + āveśya is mayyāveśya (मय्यावेश्य). nityayuktāḥ (नित्ययुक्ताः) before the vowel of upāsate (उपासते) loses its visarga: nityayuktā (नित्ययुक्ता).
śraddhayā parayā upetāḥ (श्रद्धया परया उपेताः) is how they come. Endowed with the highest trust. परया + उपेताः parayā + upetāḥ is parayopetāḥ (परयोपेताः), because आ + उ ā + u becomes o (ओ).
te me yuktatamā matāḥ (ते मे युक्ततमा मताः) is the answer. They, in my view, are the most yoked. parayopetāḥ te (परयोपेताः ते) is recited straight through as parayopetās te (परयोपेतास्ते): āḥ (आः) before t (त्) becomes ās (आस्).
Sanskrit in this line
āveśya (आवेश्य) is a gerund, "having placed." It does not show person. The persons are the ye (ये) of upāsate (उपासते). The ending is --ya (य) because ā-viś (आ-विश्) has a prefix, and the e (ए) in the stem is the causative: he causes the mind to enter. manaḥ (मनः) is the thing placed, accusative.
Say it back
Who worships, where the mind has been put, and who counts as most yoked. If yukta-tamāḥ (युक्त-तमाः) is said of the unmanifest worship, stay here.