13.11
मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी ।
विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि ॥
mayi cānanyayogena bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī
viviktadeśasevitvam aratir janasaṃsadi
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन). The verse has no finite verb. The list of knowledge reaches him.
The verse
And unswerving devotion to me with a yoga that has no other object, resort to a solitary place, and no delight in a crowd.
नेपालीमा
र अर्को विषय नभएको योगले मप्रति अटल भक्ति, एकान्त ठाउँको आश्रय, र भीडमा रमाइलो नहुनु।
Where it sits
The qualities reach Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण), with bhaktiḥ (भक्तिः) one item in the same list as humility and non-harm, set in mayi (मयि), with no delight in the crowd.
Split: मयि + च + अनन्य-योगेन + भक्तिः + अव्यभिचारिणी + विविक्त-देश-सेवित्वम् + अरतिः + जन-संसदि
mayi + ca + ananya-yogena + bhaktiḥ + avyabhicāriṇī + vivikta-deśa-sevitvam + aratiḥ + jana-saṃsadi
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| मयि | mayi | locative of aham (अहम्) | in me. On me. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| अनन्य-योगेन | ananya-yogena | instrumental singular | by a yoga that has no other object. ananya (अनन्य) is "not another." yoga (योग) is the yoking. |
| भक्तिः | bhaktiḥ | nominative singular feminine | devotion. Recited bhaktir (भक्तिर्). |
| अव्यभिचारिणी | avyabhicāriṇī | nominative singular feminine | unswerving. vyabhicāra (व्यभिचार) is straying off. Agrees with bhaktiḥ (भक्तिः). |
| विविक्त-देश-सेवित्वम् | vivikta-deśa-sevitvam | nominative singular | the state of resorting to a solitary place. vivikta (विविक्त) is separated, solitary. deśa (देश) is a place. |
| अरतिः | aratiḥ | nominative singular | absence of delight. rati (रति) is delight. Recited aratir (अरतिर्). |
| जन-संसदि | jana-saṃsadi | locative singular of jana-saṃsad (जन-संसद्) | in a crowd. saṃsad (संसद्) is a sitting together. |
The phrases
mayi ca ananyayogena bhaktiḥ avyabhicāriṇī (मयि च अनन्ययोगेन भक्तिः अव्यभिचारिणी) puts devotion in him, with a yoking that has no second object, and the devotion does not stray. च + अनन्य ca + ananya is cānanya (चानन्य). भक्तिः + अव्यभिचारिणी bhaktiḥ + avyabhicāriṇī is bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī (भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी).
viviktadeśasevitvam (विविक्तदेशसेवित्वम्) is a place, the opposite of a crowd. Resort to a solitary spot. The --tva (त्व) again makes it a state, one more item in the list.
aratiḥ janasaṃsadi (अरतिः जनसंसदि) is no delight in the assembly of people. The locative answers "in what." सेवित्वम् + अरतिः sevitvam + aratiḥ is recited sevitvam aratiḥ (सेवित्वमरतिः), and अरतिः + जन aratiḥ + jana is aratir jana (अरतिर्जन).
Sanskrit in this line
avyabhicāriṇī (अव्यभिचारिणी) agrees with bhaktiḥ (भक्तिः). Both are feminine nominative singular. The stem is avyabhicārin (अव्यभिचारिन्), and the feminine of an --in (इन्) stem is --iṇī (इणी). The negative a- (अ-) sits on the straying.
Say it back
Say where the devotion is set, and where the delight is refused. If bhaktiḥ (भक्तिः) comes out as a separate path beside the list, stay here. It is one quality in the list.