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BG 18.57 — 18.57 Mentally renouncing all actions in Me, having Me as the highest goal, resorting to the Yoga of discrimination do thou ever fix thy mind on Me. | Live Gita
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चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः |
बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव ||१८-५७||

cetasā sarvakarmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya matparaḥ . buddhiyogamupāśritya maccittaḥ satataṃ bhava ||18-57||


।।18.57।। मन से समस्त कर्मों का संन्यास मुझमें करके मत्परायण होकर बुद्धियोग का आश्रय लेकर तुम सतत मच्चित्त बनो।।

Word-by-word meanings

18.57 चेतसा mentally? सर्वकर्माणि all actions? मयि in Me? संन्यस्य resigning? मत्परः having Me as the highest goal? बुद्धियोगम् the Yoga of discrimination? उपाश्रित्य resorting to? मच्चित्तः with the mind fixed on Me? सततम् always? भव be.Commentary Do thou? O Arjuna? surrender all thy actions to Me whilst at the same time fixing thy mind on discrimination. Then through that discrimination thou wilt see thy Self as separate from the body and activity and existing in My pure Being. Chetasa Ment

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।18.57।।जब कि यह बात है इसलिये --, तू दृष्ट और अदृष्ट फलवाले समस्त कर्मोंको विवेकबुद्धिसे अर्थात् यत्करोषि यदश्नासि इस श्लोकमें बतलाये हुए भावसे? मुझ ईश्वरमें समर्पण करके तथा मेरे परायण होकर? अर्थात् मैं वासुदेव ही जिसका पर,( परमगति ) हूँ ऐसा होकर? मुझमें बुद्धिको स्थिर करनारूप बुद्धियोगका आश्रय लेकर -- बुद्धियोगके अनन्यशरण होकर? निरन्तर मुझमें चित्तवाला हो? अर्थात् जिसका निरन्तर मुझमें ही चित्त रहे? ऐसा हो।

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Swami Gambirananda

18.57 Mentally surrendering all actions to Me and accepting Me as the supreme, have your mind ever fixed on Me by resorting to the concentration of your intellect.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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