bhagavad-gita 37 verses for bhakti sastri

8/10/2019 Bhagavad-gita 37 Verses for Bhakti Sastri

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Bhagavad-gt 1.1

dhtarra uvcadharma-ketre kuru-ketre

samavet yuyutsavammak pav caiva

kim akurvata sajaya

dhtarra uvcaKing Dhtarra said; dharma-ketrein the place of pilgrimage; kuru-ketrein

the place named Kuruketra; samavetassembled;yuyutsavadesiring to fight; mmakmy party(sons); pavthe sons of Pu; caand; evacertainly; kimwhat; akurvatadid they do;sajayaO Sajaya.

Dhtarra said: O Sajaya, aftermy sons and the sons of Puassembled in the place of pilgrimage

at Kuruketra, desiring to fight, whatdid they do?


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Bhagavad-gt 2.13

dehino smin yath dehekaumra yauvana jartath dehntara-prptirdhras tatra na muhyati

dehinaof the embodied; asminin this; yathas; dehein the body; kaumramboyhood;yauvanamyouth; jarold age; tathsimilarly;deha-antaraof transference of the body; prptiachievement; dhrathe sober; tatrathereupon;nanever; muhyatiis deluded.

As the embodied soul continuouslypasses, in this body, from boyhood toyouth to old age, the soul similarlypasses into another body at death. A

sober person is not bewildered by sucha change.


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Bhagavad-gt 2.14

mtr-spars tu kaunteyatoa-sukha-dukha-dgampyino nitys

ts titikasva bhrata

mtr-sparsensory perception; tuonly;kaunteyaO son of Kunt; tawinter; uasummer; sukhahappiness; dukhaand pain;dgiving; gamaappearing; apyinadisappearing; anitynonpermanent; tnall ofthem; titikasvajust try to tolerate; bhrataOdescendant of the Bharata dynasty.

O son of Kunt, the nonpermanent

appearance of happiness and distress, andtheir disappearance in due course, are like theappearance and disappearance of winter andsummer seasons. They arise from senseperception, O scion of Bharata, and one mustlearn to tolerate them without beingdisturbed.


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Bhagavad-gt 2.20na jyate mriyate v kadcin

nya bhtv bhavit v na bhyaajo nitya vato ya purona hanyate hanyamne arre

nanever; jyatetakes birth; mriyatedies; veither; kadcitat any time (past, present or future);nanever; ayamthis; bhtvhaving come intobeing; bhavitwill come to be; vor; nanot;

bhyaor is again coming to be; ajaunborn;nityaeternal; vatapermanent; ayamthis;purathe oldest; nanever; hanyateis killed;hanyamnebeing killed; arrethe body.

For the soul there is neither birth nordeath at any time. He has not come intobeing, does not come into being, and willnot come into being. He is unborn, eternal,

ever-existing and primeval. He is not slainwhen the body is slain.


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Bhagavad-gt 3.13yaja-iina santo

mucyante sarva-kilbiaibhujate te tv agha ppye pacanty tma-krat

yaja-iaof food taken after performance ofyaja; ainaeaters; santathe devotees;mucyanteget relief; sarvaall kinds of; kilbiaifrom sins; bhujateenjoy; tethey; tubut;

aghamgrievous sins; ppsinners; yewho;pacantiprepare food; tma-kratfor senseenjoyment.

The devotees of the Lord arereleased from all kinds of sins becausethey eat food which is offered first forsacrifice. Others, who prepare food for

personal sense enjoyment, verily eatonly sin.


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Bhagavad-gt 3.27prakte kriyamni

guai karmi sarvaaahakra-vimhtmkartham iti manyate

prakteof material nature; kriyamnibeingdone; guaiby the modes; karmiactivities;sarvaaall kinds of; ahakra-vimhabewildered by false ego; tmthe spirit soul;

kartdoer; ahamI; itithus; manyatehethinks.

The spirit soul bewildered by theinfluence of false ego thinks himselfthe doer of activities that are inactuality carried out by the three

modes of material nature.


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Bhagavad-gt 3.37r-bhagavn uvca

kma ea krodha earajo-gua-samudbhavamahano mah-ppm

viddhy enam iha vairiam

ri-bhagavn uvcathe Personality of Godheadsaid; kmalust; eathis; krodhawrath;eathis; raja-guathe mode of passion;

samudbhavaborn of; mah-aanaall-devouring; mah-ppmgreatly sinful; viddhiknow; enamthis; ihain the material world;vairiamgreatest enemy.

The Supreme Personality of Godheadsaid: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is bornof contact with the material mode ofpassion and later transformed into wrath,

and which is the all-devouring sinfulenemy of this world.


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Bhagavad-gt 4.2eva parampar-prptam

ima rjarayo vidusa kleneha mahat

yogo naa parantapa

evamthus; paramparby disciplic succession;prptamreceived; imamthis science; rja-ayathe saintly kings; viduunderstood; sathat knowledge; klenain the course of time; iha

in this world; mahatgreat; yogathe science ofones relationship with the Supreme; naascattered; parantapaO Arjuna, subduer of theenemies.

This supreme science was thus receivedthrough the chain of disciplic succession,and the saintly kings understood it in thatway. But in course of time the succession

was broken, and therefore the science as itis appears to be lost.


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Bhagavad-gt 4.8paritrya sdhnvinya ca duktm

dharma-sasthpanrthyasambhavmi yuge yuge

paritryafor the deliverance; sdhnmof thedevotees; vinyafor the annihilation; caand;duktmof the miscreants; dharmaprinciples of

religion; sasthpana-arthyato reestablish;sambhavmiI do appear; yugemillennium;yugeafter millennium.

To deliver the pious and toannihilate the miscreants, as well asto reestablish the principles ofreligion, I Myself appear, millennium

after millennium.


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Bhagavad-gt 4.9janma karma ca me divyam

eva yo vetti tattvatatyaktv deha punar janma

naiti mm eti so rjuna

janmabirth; karmawork; caalso; meof Mine;divyamtranscendental; evamlike this; yaanyone who; vettiknows; tattvatain reality;tyaktvleaving aside; dehamthis body; puna

again; janmabirth; nanever; etidoes attain;mmunto Me; etidoes attain; sahe; arjunaO Arjuna.

One who knows the transcendentalnature of My appearance and activitiesdoes not, upon leaving the body, takehis birth again in this material world,

but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.


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Bhagavad-gt 4.34tad viddhi praiptena

paripranena sevayupadekyanti te jna

jninas tattva-darina

tatthat knowledge of different sacrifices; viddhitry to understand; praiptenaby approaching aspiritual master; paripranenaby submissiveinquiries; sevayby the rendering of service;

upadekyantithey will initiate; teyou; jnaminto knowledge; jninathe self-realized; tattvaof the truth; darinaseers.

Just try to learn the truth byapproaching a spiritual master. Inquirefrom him submissively and renderservice unto him. The self-realized souls

can impart knowledge unto you becausethey have seen the truth.


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Bhagavad-gt 5.29bhoktra yaja-tapassarva-loka-mahevaram

suhda sarva-bhtnjtv m ntim cchati

bhoktramthe beneficiary; yajaof sacrifices;tapasmand penances and austerities; sarva-lokaofall planets and the demigods thereof; mah-varamthe Supreme Lord; su-hdamthe benefactor; sarvaofall; bhtnmthe living entities; jtvthusknowing; mmMe (Lord Ka); ntimrelief frommaterial pangs; cchatione achieves.

A person in full consciousness of Me,

knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiaryof all sacrifices and austerities, theSupreme Lord of all planets and demigods,and the benefactor and well-wisher of all

living entities, attains peace from the pangsof material miseries.


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Bhagavad-gt 6.47yoginm api sarve

mad-gatenntar-tmanraddhvn bhajate yo m

sa me yuktatamo mata

yoginmof yogs; apialso; sarvemall typesof; mat-gatenaabiding in Me, always thinking ofMe; anta-tmanwithin himself; raddh-vninfull faith; bhajaterenders transcendental loving

service; yaone who; mmto Me (the SupremeLord); sahe; meby Me; yukta-tamathegreatest yog; matais considered.

And of all yogs, the one with great

faith who always abides in Me, thinks ofMe within himself, and renderstranscendental loving service to Meheis the most intimately united with Me inyoga and is the highest of all. That is Myopinion.


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Bhagavad-gt 7.3

manuy sahasreukacid yatati siddhayeyatatm api siddhn

kacin m vetti tattvata

manuymof men; sahasreuout of manythousands; kacitsomeone; yatatiendeavors;siddhayefor perfection; yatatmof those so

endeavoring; apiindeed; siddhnmof those whohave achieved perfection; kacitsomeone; mmMe; vettidoes know; tattvatain fact.

Out of many thousands amongmen, one may endeavor forperfection, and of those who haveachieved perfection, hardly oneknows Me in truth.


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Bhagavad-gt 7.14daiv hy e gua-maymama my duratyay

mm eva ye prapadyantemym et taranti te

daivtranscendental; hicertainly; ethis;gua-mayconsisting of the three modes of materialnature; mamaMy; myenergy; duratyayverydifficult to overcome; mmunto Me; evacertainly;

yethose who; prapadyantesurrender; mymetmthis illusory energy; tarantiovercome; tethey.

This divine energy of Mine,consisting of the three modes ofmaterial nature, is difficult to overcome.But those who have surrendered unto

Me can easily cross beyond it.


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Bhagavad-gt 8.5anta-kle ca mm eva

smaran muktv kalevaramya prayti sa mad-bhva

yti nsty atra saaya

anta-kleat the end of life; caalso; mmMe;evacertainly; smaranremembering; muktvquitting; kalevaramthe body; yahe who;

praytigoes; sahe; mat-bhvamMy nature;ytiachieves; nanot; astithere is; atrahere;saayadoubt.

And whoever, at the end of his life,quits his body, remembering Mealone, at once attains My nature. Ofthis there is no doubt.


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Bhagavad-gt 9.2rja-vidy rja-guhyapavitram idam uttamam

pratyakvagama dharmyasu-sukha kartum avyayam

rja-vidythe king of education; rja-guhyamtheking of confidential knowledge; pavitramthe purest;idamthis; uttamamtranscendental; pratyakaby direct experience; avagamamunderstood;dharmyamthe principle of religion; su-sukhamvery happy; kartumto execute; avyayameverlasting.

This knowledge is the king of

education, the most secret of all secrets.It is the purest knowledge, and becauseit gives direct perception of the self byrealization, it is the perfection of

religion. It is everlasting, and it isjoyfully performed.


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Bhagavad-gt 9.3araddadhn puru

dharmasysya parantapaaprpya m nivartantemtyu-sasra-vartmani

araddadhnthose who are faithless; purusuch persons; dharmasyatoward the process ofreligion; asyathis; parantapaO killer of the

enemies; aprpyawithout obtaining; mmMe;nivartantecome back; mtyuof death; sasrain material existence; vartmanion the path.

Those who are not faithful in thisdevotional service cannot attain Me,O conqueror of enemies. Thereforethey return to the path of birth and

death in this material world.


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Bhagavad-gt 9.14satata krtayanto myatanta ca dha-vrat

namasyanta ca m bhaktynitya-yukt upsate

satatamalways; krtayantachanting; mmabout Me; yatantafully endeavoring; caalso;dha-vratwith determination; namasyantaoffering obeisances; caand; mmMe; bhakty

in devotion; nitya-yuktperpetually engaged;upsateworship.

Always chanting My glories, endea-voring with great determination,bowing down before Me, these greatsouls perpetually worship Me with

devotion.


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Bhagavad-gt 9.26patra pupa phala toya

yo me bhakty prayacchatitad aha bhakty-upahtam

anmi prayattmana

patrama leaf; pupama flower; phalama fruit;toyamwater; yawhoever; meunto Me;bhaktywith devotion; prayacchatioffers; tat

that; ahamI; bhakti-upahtamoffered in devotion;anmiaccept; prayata-tmanafrom one in pureconsciousness.

If one offers Me with love anddevotion a leaf, a flower, fruit orwater, I will accept it.


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Bhagavad-gt 9.27yat karoi yad ansiyaj juhoi dadsi yat

yat tapasyasi kaunteyatat kuruva mad-arpaam

yatwhatever; karoiyou do; yatwhatever;ansiyou eat; yatwhatever; juhoiyou offer;dadsiyou give away; yatwhatever; yat

whatever; tapasyasiausterities you perform;kaunteyaO son of Kunt; tatthat; kuruvado;matunto Me; arpaamas an offering.

Whatever you do, whatever youeat, whatever you offer or give away,and whatever austerities youperformdo that, O son of Kunt, as

an offering to Me.


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Bhagavad-gt 10.8aha sarvasya prabhavomatta sarva pravartateiti matv bhajante mbudh bhva-samanvit

ahamI; sarvasyaof all; prabhavathe source ofgeneration; mattafrom Me; sarvameverything;pravartateemanates; itithus; matvknowing;bhajantebecome devoted; mmunto Me;

budhthe learned; bhva-samanvitwith greatattention.

I am the source of all spiritual andmaterial worlds. Everything emanatesfrom Me. The wise who perfectlyknow this engage in My devotional

service and worship Me with all theirhearts.


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Bhagavad-gt 10.9mac-citt mad-gata-prbodhayanta parasparam

kathayanta ca m nityatuyanti ca ramanti ca

mat-citttheir minds fully engaged in Me; mat-gata-prtheir lives devoted to Me;bodhayantapreaching; parasparamamongthemselves; kathayantatalking; caalso; mm

about Me; nityamperpetually; tuyantibecomepleased; caalso; ramantienjoy transcendentalbliss; caalso.

The thoughts of My pure devoteesdwell in Me, their lives are fully devotedto My service, and they derive greatsatisfaction and bliss from always

enlightening one another and conversingabout Me.


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Bhagavad-gt 10.10te satata-yuktn

bhajat prti-prvakamdadmi buddhi-yoga ta

yena mm upaynti te

temunto them; satata-yuktnmalwaysengaged; bhajatmin rendering devotional service;prti-prvakamin loving ecstasy; dadmiI give;

buddhi-yogamreal intelligence; tamthat; yenaby which; mmunto Me; upaynticome; tethey.

To those who are constantly

devoted to serving Me with love, Igive the understanding by which theycan come to Me.


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Bhagavad-gt 10.11tem evnukamprthamaham ajna-ja tama

naymy tma-bhva-sthojna-dpena bhsvat

temfor them; evacertainly; anukamp-arthamto show special mercy; ahamI; ajna-jamdue to ignorance; tamadarkness;

naymidispel; tma-bhvawithin their hearts;sthasituated; jnaof knowledge; dpenawiththe lamp; bhsvatglowing.

To show them special mercy, I,dwelling in their hearts, destroy withthe shining lamp of knowledge thedarkness born of ignorance.


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Bhagavad-gt 10.41yad yad vibhtimat sattva

rmad rjitam eva vtat tad evvagaccha tva

mama tejo-a-sambhavam

yat yatwhatever; vibhtiopulences; mathaving;sattvamexistence; r-matbeautiful; rjitamglorious; evacertainly; vor; tat tatall those;

evacertainly; avagacchamust know; tvamyou;mamaMy; tejaof the splendor; aaa part;sambhavamborn of.

Know that all opulent, beautifuland glorious creations spring frombut a spark of My splendor.


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Bhagavad-gt 11.55mat-karma-kn mat-paramo

mad-bhakta saga-varjitanirvaira sarva-bhteuya sa mm eti pava

mat-karma-ktengaged in doing My work; mat-paramaconsidering Me the Supreme; mat-bhaktaengaged in My devotional service; saga-varjitafreed from the contamination of fruitiveactivities and mental speculation; nirvairawithout

an enemy; sarva-bhteuamong all living entities;yaone who; sahe; mmunto Me; eticomes;pavaO son of Pu.

My dear Arjuna, he who engages inMy pure devotional service, free fromthe contaminations of fruitive activitiesand mental speculation, he who works

for Me, who makes Me the supreme goalof his life, and who is friendly to everyliving beinghe certainly comes to Me.


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Bhagavad-gt 13.22purua prakti-stho hi

bhukte prakti-jn gunkraa gua-sago syasad-asad-yoni-janmasu

puruathe living entity; prakti-sthabeingsituated in the material energy; hicertainly;bhukteenjoys; prakti-jnproduced by thematerial nature; gunthe modes of nature;

kraamthe cause; gua-sagathe associationwith the modes of nature; asyaof the living entity;sat-asatin good and bad; yonispecies of life;janmasuin births.

The living entity in material naturethus follows the ways of life, enjoyingthe three modes of nature. This is due tohis association with that material

nature. Thus he meets with good andevil among various species.


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Bhagavad-gt 14.4sarva-yoniu kaunteya

mrtaya sambhavanti yts brahma mahad yonir

aha bja-prada pit

sarva-yoniuin all species of life; kaunteyaO sonof Kunt; mrtayaforms; sambhavantitheyappear; ywhich; tsmof all of them;brahmathe supreme; mahat yonisource of birth

in the material substance; ahamI; bja-pradatheseed-giving; pitfather.

It should be understood that allspecies of life, O son of Kunt, are madepossible by birth in this material nature,and that I am the seed-giving father.


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Bhagavad-gt 15.15sarvasya cha hdi sannivio

matta smtir jnam apohana cavedai ca sarvair aham eva vedyovednta-kd veda-vid eva cham

sarvasyaof all living beings; caand; ahamI;hdiin the heart; sanniviasituated; mattafrom Me; smtiremembrance; jnamknowledge; apohanamforgetfulness; caand;vedaiby the Vedas; caalso; sarvaiall;ahamI am; evacertainly; vedyaknowable;vednta-ktthe compiler of the Vednta; veda-vitthe knower of the Vedas; evacertainly; caand;ahamI.

I am seated in everyones heart, andfrom Me come remembrance, knowledgeand forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am

to be known. Indeed, I am the compilerof Vednta, and I am the knower of theVedas.


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Bhagavad-gt 16.23ya stra-vidhim utsjya

vartate kma-kratana sa siddhim avpnoti

na sukha na par gatim

yaanyone who; stra-vidhimthe regulations ofthe scriptures; utsjyagiving up; vartateremains;kma-krataacting whimsically in lust; na

never; sahe; siddhimperfection; avpnotiachieves; nanever; sukhamhappiness; nanever;parmthe supreme; gatimperfectional stage.

He who discards scripturalinjunctions and acts according to hisown whims attains neither perfection,nor happiness, nor the supreme

destination.


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Bhagavad-gt 18.54brahma-bhta prasanntm

na ocati na kkatisama sarveu bhteu

mad-bhakti labhate parm

brahma-bhtabeing one with the Absolute;prasanna-tmfully joyful; nanever; ocatilaments; nanever; kkatidesires; samaequally disposed; sarveuto all; bhteuliving

entities; mat-bhaktimMy devotional service;labhategains; parmtranscendental.

One who is thus transcendentally

situated at once realizes the SupremeBrahman and becomes fully joyful. Henever laments or desires to haveanything. He is equally disposed toward

every living entity. In that state heattains pure devotional service unto Me.


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Bhagavad-gt 18.55bhakty mm abhijnti

yvn ya csmi tattvatatato m tattvato jtvviate tad-anantaram

bhaktyby pure devotional service; mmMe;abhijntione can know; yvnas much as; yaca asmias I am; tattvatain truth; tatathereafter; mmMe; tattvatain truth; jtv

knowing; viatehe enters; tat-anantaramthereafter.

One can understand Me as I am, asthe Supreme Personality of Godhead,only by devotional service. And whenone is in full consciousness of Me bysuch devotion, he can enter into thekingdom of God.


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Bhagavad-gt 18.57cetas sarva-karmi

mayi sannyasya mat-parabuddhi-yogam uprityamac-citta satata bhava

cetasby intelligence; sarva-karmiall kinds ofactivities; mayiunto Me; sannyasyagiving up;mat-paraunder My protection; buddhi-yogam

devotional activities; uprityataking shelter of;mat-cittain consciousness of Me; satatamtwenty-four hours a day; bhavajust become.

In all activities just depend uponMe and work always under Myprotection. In such devotional service,be fully conscious of Me.


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Bhagavad-gt 18.61vara sarva-bhtnhd-dee rjuna tihati

bhrmayan sarva-bhtniyantrrhni myay

varathe Supreme Lord; sarva-bhtnmof allliving entities; ht-deein the location of the heart;arjunaO Arjuna; tihatiresides; bhrmayan

causing to travel; sarva-bhtniall living entities;yantraon a machine; rhanibeing placed;myayunder the spell of material energy.

The Supreme Lord is situated ineveryones heart, O Arjuna, and isdirecting the wanderings of all livingentities, who are seated as on a machine,

made of the material energy.


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Bhagavad-gt 18.65man-man bhava mad-bhakto

mad-yj m namaskurumm evaiyasi satya te

pratijne priyo si me

mat-manthinking of Me; bhavajust become;mat-bhaktaMy devotee; mat-yjMy worshiper;mmunto Me; namaskuruoffer your obeisances;

mmunto Me; evacertainly; eyasiyou willcome; satyamtruly; teto you; pratijneIpromise; priyadear; asiyou are; meto Me.

Always think of Me, become Mydevotee, worship Me and offer yourhomage unto Me. Thus you will come toMe without fail. I promise you this

because you are My very dear friend.


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Bhagavad-gt 18.66sarva-dharmn parityajyamm eka araa vraja

aha tv sarva-ppebhyomokayiymi m uca

sarva-dharmnall varieties of religion;parityajyaabandoning; mmunto Me; ekamonly; araamfor surrender; vrajago; ahamI;

tvmyou; sarvaall; ppebhyafrom sinfulreactions; mokayiymiwill deliver; mdo not;ucaworry.

Abandon all varieties of religionand just surrender unto Me. I shalldeliver you from all sinful

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