मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय | निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः ||१२-८||
mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya . nivasiṣyasi mayyeva ata ūrdhvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||12-8||
Chapter 12 · Verse 8
Bhakti Yoga
भक्तियोग
In plain words
Fix thy mind means thy purposes and thoughts in Me the Lord in the Cosmic Form. Give up entirely all thoughts of sensual objects. Fix in Me thy intellect also -- the faculty which resolves and determines.
Translation
12.8 Focus your mind on Me alone; and let your Buddhi enter into Me. Then, you will live in Me alone; there is no doubt.
Meaning
Fix thy mind means thy purposes and thoughts in Me the Lord in the Cosmic Form. Give up entirely all thoughts of sensual objects. Fix in Me thy intellect also -- the faculty which resolves and determines. What will be the result then Thou shalt undoubtedly live in Me as Myself. O Arjuna of this there is no doubt whatsoever. The Yoga of meditation is described in this verse. (Cf. VIII.7X.9XI.34XVIII.65)
Word by word
मयि in Me एव only मनः the mind आधत्स्व fix मयि in Me बुद्धिम् (thy) intellect निवेशय place निवसिष्यसि thou shalt live मयि in Me एव alone अतः ऊर्ध्वम् hereafter न not संशयः doubt.