Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 8, Verse 14
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः।
तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।
तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः।।
ananya-cetāḥ satataṁ yo māṁ smarati nityaśaḥ
tasyāhaṁ sulabhaḥ pārtha nitya-yuktasya yoginaḥ
also searched as "ananyachetah satatam yo mam smarati nityashah"
Translation
O son of Prtha, to that yogi of constant concentration and single-minded attention, who remembers Me uninterruptedly and for a long time, I am easy to attain.
Vāṇi's rendering
For the one who remembers me daily, constantly, thinking of nothing else — I am easy to reach.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| अनन्यचेताःananya-cetāḥ | with a mind on nothing else, undivided in attention |
| सततम्satataṁ | constantly, without break |
| यःyo | whoever (yaḥ, softened to yo before the following sound) |
| माम्māṁ | me |
| स्मरतिsmarati | remembers, holds in mind |
| नित्यशःnityaśaḥ | daily, day after day |
| तस्यtasya | for him, of him |
| अहम्ahaṁ | I (joined with tasya as tasyāhaṁ) |
| सुलभःsulabhaḥ | easy to reach, easily come by |
| पार्थpārtha | Arjuna, son of Pṛthā |
| नित्ययुक्तस्यnitya-yuktasya | of the one always joined, steadily engaged |
| योगिनःyoginaḥ | of the yogī, one in practice |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 Verse 14 mean?
It means Krishna is not far. To the one who holds him in mind constantly, day after day, with attention undivided, he is sulabhaḥ — easily reached. The verse shifts the whole weight of practice off attainment and onto remembrance. Reaching him is not the difficulty. Remembering him, repeatedly, is.
What is the meaning of ananyachetah satatam yo mam smarati nityashah?
Ananya-cetāḥ is a mind not scattered across other things; satataṁ is unbroken; nityaśaḥ is daily. Three words for one discipline. Krishna is not asking for intensity in a single hour but for return — the same turning back, again, on the ordinary days when nothing in you feels devotional.
Why does Krishna say he is easy to reach when the Gita describes such hard practice?
Because the hardness was never on his side. The eighth chapter has described breath, gates, syllable, the disciplined hour of death — and then Krishna says he himself costs nothing. What is difficult is constancy in a wandering mind. He is available; your attention is not.
How can an ordinary person remember Krishna constantly?
Not by straining to hold one thought for hours. By returning. Nityaśaḥ means daily, and daily allows for forgetting between. Each remembering is complete in itself. Do it in the small gaps — waiting, walking, before sleep — and the gaps begin to keep him for you.
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Commentary
Sulabhaḥ — easy. Krishna has just described the yogī's death: breath gathered, gates closed, one syllable held. It sounds like mountaineering. Then he says he is easy to reach, and the difficulty moves. Not to the summit — to the daily. Anything constant is hard, and nothing is harder than remembering one thing while everything else is also present. Arjuna is not being asked for a feat at the end. He is being asked for a habit. Krishna sets no price on himself; he only asks to be thought of — today, and again tomorrow when today's feeling has gone. He is easy. Your tomorrow is where the work is.