Single-pointed devotion invites divine care.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते |तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ||९-२२||
ananyāścintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate . teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham ||9-22||
Use this verse when worry becomes heavy.
Meaning
For those who worship Me with single-pointed remembrance and constant devotion, I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
Krishna personally supports the devoted seeker.
Word-by-word meaning
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Explanation
This is one of the most comforting bhakti verses. It teaches trust: when the mind is centered on Krishna, life is not unsupported.
Read the traditional commentary
After describing those who seek rewards, Krishna turns with great tenderness to the true devotees — those who worship ananya, with no thought of any other, seeking not heaven but the Divine alone. To them he makes one of the most cherished promises in all scripture: he himself carries their yoga-kshema. Yoga is the gaining of what they lack; kshema is the safeguarding of what they have.
The single-pointed devotee need not anxiously calculate and grasp; the Divine personally tends to both their attainment and their security. This is the fruit of self-surrender. When the heart stops scattering itself among countless wants and rests wholly in God, a deep providence takes over.
The promise is not that life will be free of effort, but that the devotee, no longer alone in carrying its weight, is upheld by an unfailing care.
In daily life
Offer your needs to Krishna without panic.
A person anxious about stability can pray and take responsible action with trust.
Try this today
Write one worry and offer it to Krishna.
Krishna carries my needs and protects my path.Reflect
What need can I place in Krishna’s care?
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What does ‘पर्युपासते’ mean in this verse?
Krishna on single mindedness, in other chapters
- Verse 8.14To the heart that remembers the Divine with undivided, constant love, even the supreme goal becomes easy to attain.
- Verse 12.7Fix your mind on God, and He Himself will swiftly lift you out of the ocean of birth and death.
- Verse 4.11However sincerely you approach the divine, it meets you in that very way — every honest path is honored.
- Verse 18.58Surrendered, you cross every obstacle by grace; but ego that refuses to listen leads only to ruin.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 9.22
Who says Bhagavad Gita 9.22, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 9.22, in Chapter 9, Raja Vidya Yoga (Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 9.22 mean?
For those who worship Me with single-pointed remembrance and constant devotion, I carry what they lack and preserve what they have. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 9.22 for daily life?
Offer your needs to Krishna without panic. A person anxious about stability can pray and take responsible action with trust.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 9.22 mean?
अनन्याः — without any other (thought); चिन्तयन्तः माम् — thinking of Me; ये जनाः — those people who; पर्युपासते — worship / wait upon devotedly; तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानाम् — of those ever-united / ever-devoted.
Where does verse 9.22 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 22 of 34 in Chapter 9, Raja Vidya Yoga. The next verse is 9.23.