Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 12, Verse 6
ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः।अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते।।
ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-paraḥ
ananyenaiva yogena māṁ dhyāyanta upāsate
also searched as "ye tu sarvani karmani mayi sannyasya matparah"
Translation
For those who dedicate all their actions to Me, hold Me as their supreme goal, are intent on Me, and worship Me, meditating on Me with exclusive devotion;
Vāṇi's rendering
Those who give every act to me, make me their aim, and rest their gaze on me alone —
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| येye | those who |
| तुtu | but, indeed — marking a turn from what was just said |
| सर्वाणिsarvāṇi | all, every one of |
| कर्माणिkarmāṇi | actions, deeds, the whole of one's doing |
| मयिmayi | in me, into me |
| संन्यस्यsannyasya | having laid down, having handed over completely |
| मत्परःmat-paraḥ | holding me as the highest — me as goal, me as aim |
| अनन्येनananyena | with no other, with nothing else beside; sandhi joins this with the next word as ananyenaiva |
| एवeva | alone, only — sharpening 'no other' to 'nothing whatsoever' |
| योगेनyogena | by union, by the practice that joins |
| माम्māṁ | me |
| ध्यायन्तःdhyāyantaḥ | meditating, resting the mind steadily; the final visarga drops before the next word, giving dhyāyanta upāsate |
| उपासतेupāsate | they worship, they sit near and attend upon |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 Verse 6 mean?
It describes the devotee Krishna is about to make a promise to. Such a person hands over every action into him, holds him as the aim, and keeps the mind on him with nothing else alongside. The verse is a portrait, not yet an instruction — the instruction and the rescue come in the verse that follows.
What does 'ye tu sarvani karmani mayi sannyasya matparah' mean?
Those who lay all their actions down in me and make me their highest aim. Sannyasya is not stopping the work; it is releasing the claim on it. Mat-paraḥ means the direction of the whole life has been settled. The hands stay busy. The ownership changes address.
What does ananyena yogena mean in this verse?
Union with nothing else in it. Ananyena means no second object, no divided attention, no worship held in reserve. Krishna is not asking for intensity of feeling but for singleness of direction. Most of us worship many things faintly. This verse describes worshipping one thing wholly.
Does giving every action to Krishna mean I should stop working?
No. Sannyasya here falls on ownership, not on activity. The verse assumes karmāṇi — actions, plural, continuing. What is surrendered is the sense that the doing and its outcome belong to you. You go to work tomorrow exactly as before, carrying less.
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Commentary
The sentence does not finish. Krishna is halfway through a description here; the promise arrives in the next breath. What he describes is not a feeling but an arrangement. Every act handed over. The aim single. The attention undivided — ananyena, with no other. Arjuna had asked which devotee stands closer, the one who worships the formless or the one who worships him. Krishna answers by describing a life with one direction in it. Notice that nothing is renounced except ownership. You keep working; you stop keeping the work. Look at where your attention went while you read this.