अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् | अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय ||१२-९||
atha cittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram . abhyāsayogena tato māmicchāptuṃ dhanañjaya ||12-9||
- atha
- if, therefore
- cittam
- mind
- samādhātum
- to fix
- na
- not
- śaknoṣi
- you are able
- mayi
- upon Me
- sthiram
- steadily
- abhyāsa-yogena
- by the practice of devotional service
- tataḥ
- then
- mām
- Me
- icchā
- desire
- āptum
- to get
- dhanam-jaya
- O winner of wealth, Arjuna
My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way develop a desire to attain Me.