Chapter VII · Śloka 1
Śrī Kṛṣṇa uvāca
श्री भगवानुवाच
मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः ।
असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ॥
मय्यासक्तमनाः पार्थ योगं युञ्जन्मदाश्रयः ।
असंशयं समग्रं मां यथा ज्ञास्यसि तच्छृणु ॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca
mayyāsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṃ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ |
asaṃśayaṃ samagraṃ māṃ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu ||
mayyāsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṃ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ |
asaṃśayaṃ samagraṃ māṃ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu ||
The Blessed Lord said: O Pārtha, hear how, with mind attached to Me, practising yoga and taking refuge in Me, you shall know Me in full, without doubt.
Krishna opens the chapter by promising complete and certain knowledge — not partial or theoretical, but samagra, integral knowledge of his entire being. The precondition is mayyāsakta-manāḥ, a mind whose deepest attachment is to the divine.