26/02/2026
Bhagavat Gita
Chapter 8
Swami Dayananda Saraswathi
For the one who constantly remembers me , I am easily gained.
Partha ( Arjuna ) ! The one who has a mind that sees no other , who remembers me constantly, for a length of time , for that yogi who is always united with me , I am easily gained.
Ananya -cetas, the one whose mind is not in any object or devataa other than oneself. The one who does not look upon Isvara or anything else as other than oneself is ananya- cetas.
How long must one contemplate?
The lord says - constantly.
You can only bring back to the mind what you already know. It means dwelling upon something and implies contemplation. The person spoken of here has undergone exposure to the sastra and analysed it but still has the orientation that he is the body .
A simple confusion requires clarification only once. An orientation or habitual error requires repeated correction.
‘ I ‘am the body , is such an orientation, which is why even when the confusion is resolved by the sastra, you continue to have problems that are due to this identification. It is because this notion has prevailed for a long time. When you have lived your entire life with the notion that you are the body , how are you going to remove it just because someone said ‘tat tvam asi ‘? The orientation has to go , for that constant dwelling of the fact that ‘ I am Brahman ‘ is necessary. You must constantly dwell on this knowledge until the orientation is corrected.
One contemplates until one requires no more contemplation.
Bhagavan says ‘ I am gained easily ‘.
To gain Brahman , Bhagavaan says , you must dwell upon Brahman , the source of all love. What effort do you require to dwell upon love ? Loving does not require any effort; it is very natural. Here it is you ; Atma is Parameshwara. Atmas nature is fullness ; so dwelling upon that is joyous.
Nothing new is produced . So , it is not born of any effort. It is born purely of recognition the fact because it is already an accomplished face. No production is involved . Nothing new is added . Nothing old is removed.
A Nitya - yukta is one who is endowed with a mind that is always tranquil. It is under control , it does not have any problem in dwelling upon Bhagavaan. Whenever the mind is free it goes towards Bhagavaan.
It is like a person in love. His mind always goes naturally towards his beloved. Here the mind naturally goes towards paramaatma because he has understood it. Where else will the mind go ? Until he gains such a mind , he continues to do contemplation , reading , Satsang , and uses his will to dwell upon the lord. Later the very subject matter takes over and he does not require any will. All that is required is the initial choice. Being the one who is ananya - cetas , whose mind is committed to Parameshwara , he remains absorbed.