18.65
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो
मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु ।
मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते
प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ॥
manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru
mām evaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo 'si me
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
Be one whose mind is mine, my devotee, and my sacrificer, and bow to me; you will come to me alone, and I promise you truly, for you are dear to me.
नेपालीमा
ममा मन राख्ने होऊ, मेरो भक्त होऊ, मेरो यज्ञ गर्ने होऊ, र मलाई ढोग। तिमी ममा मात्र आउनेछौ, म तिमीलाई साँच्चै वचन दिन्छु, किनकि तिमी मलाई प्यारो छौ।
Where it sits
This is the good he promised, four stands and the coming to him, and 18.66 is the last step of the same speech, every dharma left and refuge in him alone.
Split: मत्-मनाः + भव + मत्-भक्तः + मत्-याजी + माम् + नमस्-कुरु + माम् + एव + एष्यसि + सत्यम् + ते + प्रतिजाने + प्रियः + असि + मे
mat-manāḥ + bhava + mat-bhaktaḥ + mat-yājī + mām + namas-kuru + mām + eva + eṣyasi + satyam + te + pratijāne + priyaḥ + asi + me
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| मत्-मनाः | mat-manāḥ | nominative, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | one whose mind is mine. manas (मनस्) at the end of this compound is manāḥ (मनाः). |
| भव | bhava | imperative, 2nd singular | be. |
| मत्-भक्तः | mat-bhaktaḥ | nominative | my devotee. |
| मत्-याजी | mat-yājī | nominative of yājin (याजिन्) | my sacrificer. |
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. |
| नमस्-कुरु | namas-kuru | imperative, 2nd singular | bow, make reverence. namas (नमस्) is the bow. kuru (कुरु) is "do, make." |
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | alone. |
| एष्यसि | eṣyasi | future, 2nd singular | you will come. From i (इ), "go." |
| सत्यम् | satyam | accusative adverb | truly. |
| ते | te | dative enclitic | to you. |
| प्रतिजाने | pratijāne | present, 1st singular, middle | I promise. From prati-jñā (प्रति-ज्ञा). |
| प्रियः | priyaḥ | nominative | dear. |
| असि | asi | present, 2nd singular | you are. |
| मे | me | genitive enclitic | to me. |
The phrases
manmanā bhava madbhakto madyājī māṃ namaskuru (मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु) is four stands, one imperative carrying the first three, and a second imperative for the bow. Be the man whose mind is mine. Be my devotee. Be my sacrificer. Bow to me.
mām evaiṣyasi (मामेवैष्यसि) is the future those stands lead to. You will come to me alone.
satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo 'si me (सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे) is the promise and its ground. I promise you truly. You are dear to me. The same dearness that reopened the speech in 18.64.
Sanskrit in this line
manāḥ (मनाः) before the voiced bh (भ्) of bhava (भव) drops its visarga and leaves manā (मना). मत् + मनाः mat + manāḥ is already manmanāḥ (मन्मनाः), because t (त्) before m (म्) becomes n (न्). Recited, the line starts manmanā bhava (मन्मना भव). प्रियः + असि priyaḥ + asi is priyo 'si (प्रियोऽसि), the same avagraha as iṣṭo 'si (इष्टोऽसि) in 18.64.
Say it back
Cover the English. Say the four, then where he will come. If namas-kuru (नमस्-कुरु) drops, stay here.