Bhagavad Gita — Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga, Shloka 34

Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga

Devanagari script

मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु । मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः ॥ ९.३४ ॥

Transliteration

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru | mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ || 9.34 ||

Translation

माझ्या ठायी मन लाव; माझा भक्त हो; माझे यजन करून माझी उपासना कर; मला नमस्कार कर. अशा प्रकारे स्वतःला माझ्याशी युक्त करून, मला परमगती मानून, तू निश्चितच माझ्याचकडे येशील.

Gita Press Meaning

Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, worship Me, bow to Me; thus uniting yourself with Me and taking Me as the supreme goal, you shall come to Me alone.

Critical Edition Meaning

Let your mind be on Me; become My devotee; be one who offers worship to Me; pay reverence to Me. Thus, having disciplined yourself in this way and making Me your highest end, you will come to Me.

Comparative Note

Translations vary in how they render ‘mad-yājī’ (one who performs worship/sacrificial honoring for Me) and ‘yuktvā ātmanam’ (having yoked/disciplined the self). The verse functions as a compact practical program of bhakti: cognition (mind), affect/commitment (devotion), ritual/act (worship), and embodied humility (reverence).

Word by Word

• मत्: of me / my
• Root: अस्मद्

• मनाः: mind (as one whose mind is...)
• Root: मनस्

• भव: be (become)
• Root: √भू

• मत्: of me / my
• Root: अस्मद्

• भक्तः: devotee
• Root: भक्त

• मत्: of me / my
• Root: अस्मद्

• याजी: worshipper / sacrificer
• Root: याजिन्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Root: अस्मद्

• नमः: salutation / obeisance
• Root: नमस्

• कुरु: do / perform
• Root: √कृ

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Root: अस्मद्

• एव: indeed / only
• Root: एव

• एष्यसि: you will come / attain
• Root: √इ

• युक्त्वा: having yoked / having united / having applied
• Root: √युज्

• एवम्: thus / in this manner
• Root: एवम्

• आत्मानम्: the self / yourself (as object of yoking)
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Root: आत्मन्

• मत्: of me / my
• Root: अस्मद्

• परायणः: one who has (me) as the supreme refuge/goal
• Root: परायण

Speakers

• Krishna

Primary Concepts

• Bhakti-yoga
• Upāsanā (devotional practice)
• Yoga (discipline/union)
• Īśvara-prāpti (attainment of the Lord)

Key Themes

• Integrated devotional discipline
• Single-pointed orientation
• Soteriological promise

FAQs

Psychological significance?

It outlines attentional training: sustained focus (‘mind on Me’) combined with habitual actions (worship, reverence) can stabilize motivation and reduce inner fragmentation.

Metaphysical meaning?

The promise ‘you will come to Me’ expresses the text’s theistic soteriology: aligning mind and practice with the supreme reality culminates in proximity/union, understood variously across traditions (nearness, participation, or identity in devotion).

Contextual relevance?

As the closing verse of Chapter 9, it serves as a summative injunction, condensing earlier teachings about devotion, grace, and accessibility into a directive formula.

Modern Application?

It can be applied as a structured contemplative routine: daily remembrance, ethical devotion expressed as service, intentional rituals (broadly construed), and humility in interpersonal conduct.