Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 12: The Path of Devotion

Bhagavad Gita 12.8

mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya | nivasiṣyasi mayyeva ata ūrdhvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||

Fix your mind on me alone, and let your understanding rest in me. From then on you will live in me alone; of this there is no doubt.

Modern context

The highest instruction is simple: fix your mind on me, rest your understanding in me, and you will live in me. Mind and understanding, feeling and judgment, both turned in one direction. But Krishna knows this is hard, and the next verses offer a ladder of alternatives for those who cannot yet do it. The ideal comes first; the steps toward it follow.