Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 18, Verse 65

[Bhagavad Gita Slokas]

	Chapter 18: Conclusion -- The Perfection of Renunciation
	Verse: 65 man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru mam evaishyasi satyam te pratijane priyo 'si me

Translation:
Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.

Explanation:
Krishna in this verse conclusively establishes the superiority of bhakti over all other forms of yogas He has spoken so far. He says "Being my devotee, think of me." The Lord says this to exclude the other possibilities. He does not mean, "Be a jnani or be a yogi and meditate on me."

Thus Krishna asks Arjuna to give his mind as a gift to Him. Engage all the senses with such services as hearing, chanting, seeing the deity form, cleaning and anointing the temple, picking flowers, and offering garlands, ornaments, umbrella and camara and other paraphernalia. Worship Him with such objects as gandha, flowers, incense, lamp and naivedya. Offer respects to Him by performing astanga or sastanga pranama. Thus the Lord recommends to Arjuna to use everything, mind, senses, opulences and body in His and only His service. Krishna makes an oath that He will give Himself to Arjuna or who ever performs this form of worship. An oath that is more sacred and fixed because it is made to a very dear friend.

Srila Prabhupada comments, "These words stress that one should concentrate his mind upon Krishna-the very form with two hands carrying a flute, the bluish boy with a beautiful face and peacock feathers in His hair. There are descriptions of Krishna found in the Brahma-samhita and other literature. One should fix his mind on this original form of Godhead, Krishna. One should not even divert his attention to other forms of the Lord. The Lord has multiforms as Vishnu, Narayana, Rama, Varaha, etc., but a devotee should concentrate his mind on the form that was present before Arjuna. Concentration of the mind on the form of Krishna constitutes the most confidential part of knowledge, and this is disclosed to Arjuna because Arjuna is the most dear friend of Krishna's."

Please read the Sanskrit Verse and the Prabhupada's Purport.

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