Bg. 18.65

The phrase bhava mad-bhakto means “Being My devotee, think of Me.” The Lord says this to exclude the other possibilities. He does not mean, “Be a jṣānī or be a yogī and meditate on Me.” Or the phrase man-manā can mean: “Give your mind as a gift to Me, Śyāmasundara, with moon-like face, with shining locks of hair and beautiful eye brows, raining nectar in the form of glances of sweet mercy.” And then bhava mad-bhaktaḥ can mean, “And give all your senses such as the ears to Me. Perform worship of Me (bhava mad-bhaktaḥ) using all the senses with such services as hearing, chanting, seeing My mūrti, cleaning and anointing My temple, picking flowers, and offering Me garlands, ornaments, umbrella and cāmara.” And then the Lord says, “Give Me objects such as gandha, flowers, incense, lamp and naivedya. Be My worshipper. Perform My worship.” (mad-yājī). And then Lord says, “O, just give Me respects (māṁ namaskuru). Falling on the ground with the whole body, offer respects, by touching the body to the ground with eight limbs.” “Of these four—thinking of Me with the mind, serving Me with the senses, worshipping Me with items and offering respects to Me with the whole body—do all of them or any of them, and you will attain Me (mām eva eṣyasi). Make an offering of your mind, your senses, or items of worship unto Me, and I make an oath to you (te satyam): I will give Myself to you.” [Note: Kṛṣṇa said, “You will come to me.” Another way of saying this is “I will give Myself to you.”] The word satyam implies something of which there is no doubt. According to the Amara Kośa, satyam means an oath and truth. “Well, the people born in the land of Mathurā make such oaths in every sentence.” [Note: Here is a reference to Kṛṣṇa promising to return to Vraja.] That is true. In that case, under oath (pratijāne) I declare, “You are dear to Me. No one cheats a person dear to himself.”