18.57
चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि
मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः ।
बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य
मच्चित्तः सततं भव ॥
cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya matparaḥ
buddhiyogam upāśritya maccittaḥ satataṃ bhava
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन). bhava (भव) is the command.
The verse
Resigning all actions to me with the mind, holding me as highest, and having resorted to the yoga of the buddhi, be one whose mind is on me, constantly.
नेपालीमा
मनले सबै कर्म ममा सुम्पिएर, मलाई सर्वोच्च मानेर, र बुद्धिको योगको आश्रय लिएर, निरन्तर ममा मन राख्ने होऊ।
Where it sits
18.56 described the man, and this verse tells Arjuna (अर्जुन) to be him, the actions laid in Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण).
Split: चेतसा + सर्व-कर्माणि + मयि + संन्यस्य + मत्-परः + बुद्धि-योगम् + उपाश्रित्य + मत्-चित्तः + सततम् + भव
cetasā + sarva-karmāṇi + mayi + saṃnyasya + mat-paraḥ + buddhi-yogam + upāśritya + mat-cittaḥ + satatam + bhava
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| चेतसा | cetasā | instrumental of cetas (चेतस्) | with the mind. |
| सर्व-कर्माणि | sarva-karmāṇi | accusative plural | all actions. |
| मयि | mayi | locative of aham (अहम्) | in me. |
| संन्यस्य | saṃnyasya | gerund | having laid down, having resigned. From sam-ni-as (सम्-नि-अस्). |
| मत्-परः | mat-paraḥ | nominative | one for whom I am the highest. |
| बुद्धि-योगम् | buddhi-yogam | accusative | the yoga of the buddhi. |
| उपाश्रित्य | upāśritya | gerund | having resorted to. From upa-ā-śri (उप-आ-श्रि). |
| मत्-चित्तः | mat-cittaḥ | nominative, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | one whose mind is on me. |
| सततम् | satatam | accusative adverb | constantly. |
| भव | bhava | imperative, 2nd singular | be. From bhū (भू). |
The phrases
cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya (चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य) is the laying down. With the mind, having resigned all actions into me. mayi (मयि) is the place they are put.
matparaḥ (मत्परः) is the man who does it. I am his highest.
buddhiyogam upāśritya maccittaḥ satataṃ bhava (बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव) is the command. Having resorted to the yoga of the buddhi, be one whose mind is on me, constantly. bhava (भव) carries mat-paraḥ (मत्-परः) and mat-cittaḥ (मत्-चित्तः).
Sanskrit in this line
mayi (मयि) is the locative of aham (अहम्), "in me," and it is the place of saṃnyasya (संन्यस्य). त् + च् t + c doubles as cc (च्च्): मत् + चित्तः mat + cittaḥ is recited maccittaḥ (मच्चित्तः). The same doubling will sit in चेत् + त्वम् cet + tvam in the next verse.
Say it back
Cover the English. Say where the actions are laid, and what he must be. If bhava (भव) comes out as a description of someone else, stay here.