|| 9.34 ||
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु। मामेवैष्यसि युक्त्वैवमात्मानं मत्परायणः।।
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ
Word by Word
mat-manāḥ (thinking of Me) bhava (just become) mat-bhaktaḥ (My devotee) mat-yājī (My worshiper) mām (unto Me) namaskuru (offer obeisances) mām (unto Me) eva (certainly) eṣyasi (you will come) yuktvā evam (being thus absorbed) ātmānam (your soul) mat-parāyaṇaḥ (devoted to Me)
Translation
Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.
Meaning
Kṛṣṇa concludes the ninth chapter with the ultimate summary of His message. He tells Arjuna exactly what to do with his consciousness: 1) ‘Man-manā’—Always think of Me. 2) ‘Mad-bhakta’—Become My devotee. 3) ‘Mad-yājī’—Worship Me. 4) ‘Māṁ namaskuru’—Bow down to Me.
This covers every faculty of the human being. The mind thinks, the heart loves, the body acts in worship, and the ego bows in humility. This is the total engagement of the self. Kṛṣṇa promises that if Arjuna lives this way, he will ‘surely’ come to Him. There is no doubt or ambiguity in this result.
This verse is so important that Kṛṣṇa repeats it almost exactly at the end of the entire book (18.65). It is the ‘Top Secret’ of the Gītā: God is not looking for complex theology or difficult rituals; He is looking for a soul that has simply decided to belong to Him. This is the essence of the Most Confidential Knowledge.