Bhagavad Gita 7.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच | मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः | असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ||
śrī-bhagavān uvāca | mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ | asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu ||
Translation
The Deity said: With mind attached to me, O son of Pṛthā, and practising devotion with reliance on me, how, free from doubt, thou shalt know me fully, that hear.
Reflection
What in your life have you tried to understand from outside without first leaning toward it?
Read this verse in its chapter: Chapter Seven
Krishna shifts from the meditation chapter into knowledge. The condition is set first. Mind anchored on Him, refuge taken in Him. Then the promise. You will know Me whole, without remainder of doubt. This is a long way from intellectual study. The knower has to first arrange himself toward the known. The mind has to lean a particular direction before the seeing happens. Without that lean, the same information rolls past unrecognized. With it, even a small piece reveals the whole. The verse is a doorway notice. What comes next will only land for the listener who has already turned his face. He sets the conditions plainly so no one mistakes what follows for ordinary teaching.