14.26
मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण
भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।
स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्
ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥
māṃ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate
sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahmabhūyāya kalpate
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
And who serves me with an unswerving yoga of devotion, he, having fully crossed these strands, is fit for becoming Brahman (ब्रह्म).
नेपालीमा
र जो अटल भक्तियोगले मेरो सेवा गर्छ, ऊ यी गुण पूरै नाघेर ब्रह्म हुन योग्य हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The marks are done, and this is the how: service of him, with a devotion that does not stray, is the crossing.
Split: माम् + च + यः + अव्यभिचारेण + भक्ति-योगेन + सेवते + सः + गुणान् + समतीत्य + एतान् + ब्रह्म-भूयाय + कल्पते
mām + ca + yaḥ + avyabhicāreṇa + bhakti-yogena + sevate + saḥ + guṇān + samatītya + etān + brahma-bhūyāya + kalpate
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. It adds this man to the one just named. |
| यः | yaḥ | nominative | who. |
| अव्यभिचारेण | avyabhicāreṇa | instrumental singular | with no straying. vyabhicāra (व्यभिचार) is going off the course. a- (अ-) takes it away. |
| भक्ति-योगेन | bhakti-yogena | instrumental singular | by the yoga of devotion. bhakti (भक्ति) is devotion. |
| सेवते | sevate | present, 3rd singular, middle | he serves. sev (सेव्). |
| सः | saḥ | nominative | he. |
| गुणान् | guṇān | accusative plural | the strands. |
| समतीत्य | samatītya | gerund | having crossed them fully. sam (सम्) with ati-i (अति-इ). |
| एतान् | etān | accusative plural | these. Agrees with guṇān (गुणान्). |
| ब्रह्म-भूयाय | brahma-bhūyāya | dative singular | for becoming Brahman (ब्रह्म). bhūya (भूय) is becoming. |
| कल्पते | kalpate | present, 3rd singular, middle | he is fit. kḷp (कॢप्). |
The phrases
māṃ ca yaḥ avyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate (मां च यः अव्यभिचारेण भक्ति-योगेन सेवते) is the how that 14.21 asked for. And who serves me with an unswerving yoga of devotion. Two instrumentals. avyabhicāreṇa (अव्यभिचारेण) is the manner, no straying. bhakti-yogena (भक्ति-योगेन) is the service itself. ca (च) sets this man next to the one who was just called guṇa-atītaḥ (गुण-अतीतः).
saḥ guṇān samatītya etān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate (सः गुणान् समतीत्य एतान् ब्रह्म-भूयाय कल्पते) is what that service does. He, having fully crossed these strands, is fit for becoming Brahman (ब्रह्म). samatītya (समतीत्य) is the same crossing as atītya (अतीत्य) in 14.20, with sam (सम्) pressing it.
Sanskrit in this line
brahma-bhūyāya (ब्रह्म-भूयाय) is dative singular. It answers "fit for what." kalpate (कल्पते), "he is fit," takes the dative of the thing he is fit for. The ending --āya (आय) is the "for." Becoming Brahman (ब्रह्म) is not the object of sevate (सेवते). The object of the serving is mām (माम्). The dative is what the crossing makes him fit for.
Say it back
Cover the English. Say whom he serves, and what he is fit for. If avyabhicāreṇa (अव्यभिचारेण) drops, the devotion has been allowed to stray. Stay here.