Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 9, Verse 34
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु।
मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः।।
मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः।।
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru
mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ
also searched as "manmana bhava madbhakto madyaji mam namaskuru"
Translation
Focus your mind on Me, be My devotee, worship Me. Bow down to Me. Engaging your mind in this manner and regarding Me as the supreme goal, you will come to Me.
Vāṇi's rendering
Think of me, love me, worship me, bow to me. Aimed wholly at me, you will come to me.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| मन्मनाःman-manā | with your mind on me |
| भवbhava | be, become |
| मद्भक्तःmad-bhaktaḥ | one who loves me, my devotee |
| मद्याजीmad-yājī | one who offers to me, my worshipper |
| माम्māṁ | to me |
| नमस्कुरुnamaskuru | bow down |
| माम्mām | to me |
| एवeva | surely, none other (sandhi: eva + eṣyasi) |
| एष्यसिeṣyasi | you will come |
| युक्त्वाyuktvā | having joined, having harnessed (sandhi: yuktvā + evam) |
| एवम्evam | in this way |
| आत्मानम्ātmānaṁ | your own self |
| मत्परायणःmat-parāyaṇaḥ | having me as your highest destination |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 34 mean?
It gathers the whole chapter into one instruction: give Krishna your thought, your love, your offering, your bowing. Four faculties, one direction. And it ends with a promise rather than a condition — aimed wholly at him, you arrive at him. The work is aim, not achievement.
Manmana bhava madbhakto madyaji mam namaskuru - what is being asked here?
Not four separate disciplines. Krishna names the mind, the heart, the offering hand, the lowered head, and points them all one way. What is asked is that nothing be held back for elsewhere. Wherever your attention already goes, let it go there instead.
Do I have to be advanced or pure for this verse to apply to me?
No. This comes right after Krishna says the lowest-born and the sinner may turn to him. He asks for direction, not qualification. Mat-parāyaṇaḥ means having him as your destination — a matter of where you face, not how far you have walked.
Why is this the last verse of Chapter 9?
Because the chapter opened by calling itself a royal secret and vast knowledge, and closes with something anyone can do this minute. All the grandeur narrows to a bow. Krishna does not leave Arjuna with a mystery to solve; he leaves him with a direction to face.
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Commentary
Four commands, and all four have one object. Think, love, worship, bow — mind, heart, hands, body, each given the same direction. Krishna is not asking for four practices. He is asking that nothing be left over, no faculty pointed elsewhere. This is the end of a chapter that began with secrets and kings; it closes with something a child could do. Notice what is promised in return: not merit, not reward, but arrival — you will come to me. Arjuna has been told he cannot see this form, cannot measure it. He can still aim at it. Aim is available to you today, whatever your state.