Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 18.57
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 18.57 · 18 · Verse 57
Sanskrit Original
।।18.57।।चेतसा आत्मनो मदीयत्वमन्नियाम्यत्वबुद्ध्या उक्तं हिमयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा। (गीता 3।30) इति सर्वकर्माणि सकर्तृकाणि साराध्यानि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परःअहम् एव फलतया प्राप्यः इति अनुसंदधानः कर्मामि कुर्वन् इमम् एव बुद्धियोगम् उपाश्रित्य सततं मच्चित्तो भव।एवम् --
18.57 'By your mind' means with thought which considers the self as belonging to Me and as controlled by Me. For, it has been declared: 'Surrendering all your acts to Me with a mind focussed on the self' (3.30). Surrendering all acts to Me along with agentship and the object of worship and regarding 'Me as the goal,' i.e., constantly contemplating that I alone am to be attained as the goal; performing all acts; and resorting to Buddhi-Yoga - focus your mind on Me always. Buddhi Yoga here implies the mental attitude special to the seeker of salvation in regard to agency of works, the fruits etc. Thus