Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 9, verse 22
Known for the phrase "yoga-kshema", this verse is a promise of care: the divine carries the needs of the one who depends on it fully.
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अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
ananyāścintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate |teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham ||
Those people who worship me, thinking of me alone, and are always devoted, I carry what they need and protect what they have.
जो लोग अनन्य भाव से मेरा चिंतन करते हुए मेरी उपासना करते हैं और सदा मुझसे जुड़े रहते हैं, उनकी ज़रूरतें पूरी करना और उनकी रक्षा करना मैं स्वयं करता हूँ।
जे लोक अनन्य भावाने माझे चिंतन करत माझी उपासना करतात आणि नित्य माझ्याशी जोडलेले असतात, त्यांचा योगक्षेम मी स्वतः वाहतो.
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अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
ते तं भुक्त्वा स्वर्गलोकं विशालं
Having enjoyed that vast heaven, when their merit is used up they return to the world of mortals. So, following the Vedic rituals and seeking pleasures, they keep coming and going.
9.23येऽप्यन्यदेवताभक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयान्विताः ।
Even those devotees who worship other gods with faith are in fact worshipping me, Arjuna, though not in the proper way.
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