Bhagavad Gita BG 8.14
Chapter 8, Verse 14 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
अनन्यचेताः सततं यो मां स्मरति नित्यशः । तस्याहं सुलभः पार्थ नित्ययुक्तस्य योगिनः ॥
ananya-cetah satatam yo mam smarati nityashah tasyaham sulabhah partha nitya-yuktasya yoginah
Meaning
Whoever remembers Me constantly, always, with undivided mind — for that yogi ever united, I am easily attained, O Partha.
Understanding
The positive assurance behind the death-teaching: ananya-cetah (undivided mind — ananya = not-other, single, not directed to anything other than Me) satatam nityashah (constantly, always, daily without break) yo mam smarati (whoever remembers Me). For tasya (that one) — nitya-yukta yoginah (the yogi ever united) — aham sulabhah (I am easily attained — su-labha: good/easy to obtain). Sulabhah is the word of grace: easily attained, not with great difficulty. The undivided, continuous remembrance makes the Supreme easily, naturally present.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| अनन्यचेताः | ananya-cetah | of undivided mind, not directed to anything other |
| सततम् | satatam | constantly, without break |
| नित्यशः | nityashah | always, daily, perpetually |
| सुलभः | sulabhah | easily attained, readily accessible |
| नित्ययुक्तस्य | nitya-yuktasya | of the ever-united one, always yoked |
| अनन्य-चेताः | ananya-cetāḥ | with undivided mind |
| यः | yaḥ | whoever |
| माम् | mām | Me |
| स्मरति | smarati | remembers, thinks of |
| नित्यशः | nityaśaḥ | daily, regularly |
| तस्य | tasya | for him |
| अहम् | aham | I am |
| सुलभः | sulabhaḥ | easily attained |
| पार्थ | pārtha | O Arjuna |
| योगिनः | yoginaḥ | of the yogi |