Bhagavad Gita 9.22 meaningThe open secret
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“If you think of me with love, I bring what you need and protect what you have.” — a promise to lean on.
What it means
“But for those who think of me alone and love me always, I bring what they lack and protect what they have.”
The original Sanskrit · known as “Ananyas Chintayanto Mam”
अनन्या श्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते । तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
ananyāścintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham
Translations
Literal translation
Those persons who, becoming non-different from Me and meditative, worship Me everywhere, for them, who are ever attached (to Me), I arrange for securing what they lack and preserving what they have.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
अनन्य भाव से मेरा चिन्तन करते हुए जो भक्तजन मेरी ही उपासना करते हैं, उन नित्ययुक्त पुरुषों का योगक्षेम मैं वहन करता हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
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