Devanagari
विषयान् ध्यायतश्चित्तं विषयेषु विषज्जते ।
मामनुस्मरतश्चित्तं मय्येव प्रविलीयते ॥ २७ ॥
Verse text
viṣayān dhyāyataś cittaṁ
viṣayeṣu viṣajjate
mām anusmarataś cittaṁ
mayy eva pravilīyate
Synonyms
viṣayān
—
objects of sense gratification
;
dhyāyataḥ
—
of one who is meditating on
;
cittam
—
the consciousness
;
viṣayeṣu
—
in the objects of gratification
;
viṣajjate
—
becomes attached
;
mām
—
Me
;
anusmarataḥ
—
of one remembering constantly
;
cittam
—
the consciousness
;
mayi
—
in Me
;
eva
—
certainly
;
pravilīyate
—
is absorbed .
Translation
The mind of one meditating upon the objects of sense gratification is certainly entangled in such objects, but if one constantly remembers Me, then the mind is absorbed in Me.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The mind of a person meditating upon the sense objects becomes attached to those objects. The mind of a person who constantly remembers me becomes absorbed in me.
How does the mind of the devotees fixed in hearing, chanting and remembering become fixed in you? Just as the mind attached to thinking of sense objects becomes absorbed in the sweetness of sense objects, the mind attached to thinking of me becomes absorbed only in my sweetness.
Purport
One should not think that one can attain complete transcendental knowledge of Kṛṣṇa by mechanically engaging in worship of the Lord. Lord Kṛṣṇa states here that one must endeavor constantly to keep the Lord within one’s mind.
Anusmarataḥ,
or constant remembrance, is possible for one who always chants and hears the glories of Lord Kṛṣṇa. It is therefore stated,
śravaṇam, kīrtanam, smaraṇam:
the process of devotional service begins with hearing (
śravaṇam
) and chanting (
kīrtanam
), from which remembrance (
smaraṇam
) develops. One who constantly thinks of the objects of material gratification becomes attached to them; similarly, one who constantly keeps Lord Kṛṣṇa within his mind becomes absorbed in the Lord’s transcendental nature and thus becomes qualified to render personal service to the Lord in His own abode.