Chapter 12 · Verse 8 · Bhakti Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 12.8
Sanskrit
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः।।12.8।।
Transliteration
mayy eva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṁ niveśhaya nivasiṣhyasi mayy eva ata ūrdhvaṁ na sanśhayaḥ
In plain words
You are being pulled in a hundred directions—by worry, by debt, by what others expect, by your own doubt about who you are supposed to be. Krishna says: stop trying to hold everything at once. Place your mind, your thinking, your very attention into one true center—the Divine, the good, the real—and return to it again and again when you scatter. This is not about closing your eyes to your problems. It is about finding the still point from which you can actually solve them.
Word by Word
Krishna offers the essence of devotional surrender: fix your mind on Me alone, place your intellect in My hands, and dwell continuously in My presence. This is not escapism but the highest form of mental discipline—when the wavering mind anchors itself in the Divine, all fragmentation ceases and you discover unshakeable peace.
For those of us pulled in countless directions by modern life, this verse invites a radical simplicity: choose one center of devotion, return to it again and again, and watch how clarity replaces confusion.
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Bhagavad Gita 12.8 — BG 12.8
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