Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 12 · The Way of Devotion

    Verse 9

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 12, Verse 9

    अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय।।12.9।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    atha chittaṁ samādhātuṁ na śhaknoṣhi mayi sthiram abhyāsa-yogena tato mām ichchhāptuṁ dhanañjaya

    Translation

    If now you are unable to focus your mind on Me, then seek to reach Me, O Arjuna, through the practice of repetition.
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