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Ananyash Chintayanto — Gita 9.22
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते । तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
Simple reading
A-nan-yaash chin-ta-yan-to maam ye ja-naah par-yu-paa-sa-te, te-shaam nit-yaa-bhi-yuk-taa-naam yo-ga kshe-mam va-haam-ya-ham
Ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate, teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham
About this mantra
Krishna's assurance to the devoted: for those who think of him with undivided heart, he himself carries what they need and protects what they have.
Meaning
Those who worship me with undivided thought: for them, ever united with me, I carry what they lack and preserve what they have. Yoga-kshema is the everyday word for welfare, gaining what one lacks and keeping what one has, and the verse's wonder is who takes the job: vahami aham, I carry. Undivided remembrance is the whole price; the logistics change sides.
Learn it by heart
Say the first line until it comes without reading, then add the next line and say both, until the whole mantra comes on its own.
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अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।
Ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate, teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham
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Aim for eleven before the next line. Move on when the line comes without reading.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
For providers and worriers, recited when anxiety about maintenance and security circles; Ekadashi and Thursday practice hold it.
Word by word
- अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मांananyāś cintayanto māṁ
- thinking of me with undivided heart
- पर्युपासतेparyupāsate
- who worship fully
- तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानांteṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ
- for them, ever united with me
- योगक्षेमंyoga-kṣemaṁ
- attainment of the new and protection of the held
- वहाम्यहम्vahāmy aham
- I myself carry
Source: Bhagavad Gītā 9.22