Chapter 12, Verse 8

मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय। निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः৷৷

mayyēva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṅ nivēśaya. nivasiṣyasi mayyēva ata ūrdhvaṅ na saṅśayaḥ৷৷

Translation

Then let thy mind cling only to Me, let thy intellect abide in Me; and without doubt thou shalt live hereafter in Me alone.

Translation — Purohit Swami

Commentary

मयि in Me, एव only, मनः the mind, आधत्स्व fix, मयि in Me, बुद्धिम् (thy) intellect, निवेशय place, निवसिष्यसि thou shalt live, मयि in Me, एव alone, अतः ऊर्ध्वम् hereafter, न not, संशयः doubt. Commentary: Fix thy mind means thy purposes and thoughts in Me the Lord in the Cosmic Form. Give up entirely all thoughts of sensual objects. Fix in Me thy intellect also -- the faculty which resolves and determines.What will be the result then Thou shalt undoubtedly live in Me as Myself. O Arjuna, of this there is no doubt whatsoever.The Yoga of meditation is described in this verse. (Cf.VIII.7X.9XI.34XVIII.65)

Commentary — Swami Sivananda

Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.