12.14
सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः ।
मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥
santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ
mayy arpitamanobuddhir yo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) continues. This verse finishes the person 12.13 began.
The verse
The yogin who is always content, whose self is held, whose resolve is firm, whose mind and understanding are offered in me — he, my devotee, is dear to me.
नेपालीमा
सधैँ सन्तुष्ट, आत्मा थामिएको, निश्चय दृढ भएको, मन र बुद्धि ममा अर्पित भएको योगी, मेरो त्यो भक्त, मलाई प्रिय छ।
Where it sits
12.13 gave the temper. This verse gives the yoke, and it says the word the rest of the chapter repeats: me priyaḥ (मे प्रियः), dear to me.
Split: सन्तुष्टः + सततम् + योगी + यत-आत्मा + दृढ-निश्चयः + मयि + अर्पित-मनस्-बुद्धिः + यः + मत्-भक्तः + सः + मे + प्रियः
santuṣṭaḥ + satatam + yogī + yata-ātmā + dṛḍha-niścayaḥ + mayi + arpita-manas-buddhiḥ + yaḥ + mat-bhaktaḥ + saḥ + me + priyaḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| सन्तुष्टः | santuṣṭaḥ | nominative singular | content. From sam-tuṣ (सम्-तुष्). |
| सततम् | satatam | accusative, adverbial | always. |
| योगी | yogī | nominative singular | the yogin. The one yoked. |
| यत-आत्मा | yata-ātmā | nominative singular | one whose self is held. Nominative of the ātman (आत्मन्) stem. 12.11 used the --vān (वान्) form yata-ātmavān (यत-आत्मवान्). |
| दृढ-निश्चयः | dṛḍha-niścayaḥ | nominative singular, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | whose resolve is firm. niścaya (निश्चय) "resolve." |
| मयि | mayi | locative | in me. |
| अर्पित-मनस्-बुद्धिः | arpita-manas-buddhiḥ | nominative, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | whose mind and understanding are offered. |
| यः | yaḥ | nominative singular | who. |
| मत्-भक्तः | mat-bhaktaḥ | nominative singular | my devotee. Recited madbhaktaḥ (मद्भक्तः). |
| सः | saḥ | nominative singular | he. |
| मे | me | dative enclitic | to me. |
| प्रियः | priyaḥ | nominative singular | dear. |
The phrases
santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ (सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः) adds four nominatives to the portrait. Always content, a yogin, self held, resolve firm. satatam (सततम्) is its own word here, an adverb, not the compound satata-yukta (सतत-युक्त) of 12.1.
mayi arpitamanasbuddhiḥ yaḥ matbhaktaḥ (मयि अर्पितमनस्बुद्धिः यः मत्भक्तः) is the relative clause. Who, with mind and understanding offered in me, is my devotee. मयि + अर्पित mayi + arpita is mayy arpita (मय्यर्पित). The manas (मनस्) inside the compound is recited mano (मनो). बुद्धिः + यः buddhiḥ + yaḥ is buddhir yaḥ (बुद्धिर्यः), and yaḥ (यः) before the voiced m (म्) is yo (यो). मत् + भक्तः mat + bhaktaḥ is madbhaktaḥ (मद्भक्तः): t (त्) before voiced bh (भ्) becomes d (द्).
saḥ me priyaḥ (सः मे प्रियः) is the main clause, and it will return. He is dear to me. saḥ (सः) before a consonant is recited sa (स).
Sanskrit in this line
yaḥ (यः) and saḥ (सः) are the pair. Who is that devotee, he is dear. English says "the one who." Sanskrit says "who … he." The nominatives of 12.13 and of this first line all sit on that he. They do not start new sentences.
Say it back
The relative, then sa me priyaḥ (स मे प्रियः). If priyaḥ (प्रियः) is said of the practice and not of the person, stay here.