9.31
Chapter 9, Verse 31
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति। कौन्तेय प्रतिजानीहि न मे भक्तः प्रणश्यति৷৷
kṣipraṅ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṅ nigacchati. kauntēya pratijānīhi na mē bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati৷৷
Translation
He shall attain spirituality ere long, and Eternal Peace shall be his. O Arjuna! Believe me, My devotee is never lost.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
क्षिप्रम् soon, भवति (he) becomes, धर्मात्मा righteous, शश्वत् eternal, शान्तिम् peace, निगच्छति attains to, कौन्तेय O son of Kunti, प्रतिजानीहि proclaim for certain, न not, मे My, भक्तः Bhakta, प्रणश्यति perishes. Commentary: Listen, this is the truth, O Arjuna you may proclaim that My devotee who has sincere devotion to Me, who has offered his inner soul to Me never perishes.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.