He whose mind clings to Me, the supreme Lord, in the special character about to be described, is one whose mind is attached to Me, O Pārtha. Practising yoga, gathering the mind into composure, taking Me as his refuge, with Me, the supreme Lord, as his sole resort: whoever seeks some human goal takes up, as the means to it, some action, a fire-oblation, austerity or a gift, but this yogin takes Me alone as his refuge, setting aside every other means, his mind clinging to Me alone. You, being such a one, hear from Me, as I tell it, how, by what manner, you shall know Me without a doubt, in full, endowed with the qualities of glory, strength, power and sovereignty, knowing with certainty that the Blessed Lord is just so. And that knowledge has Me for its object.

The Blessed Lord spoke. With mind attached to Me by being turned toward Me; with mind bound very firmly to Me, since, by an excess of love for Me, your nature is such that you would crumble at once on being parted from My own nature, My qualities, My deeds, and My glory; having Me for your resort, and, since you yourself would crumble apart without Me, having Me for your sole support; practising the discipline that is joined to Me, set out to practise it; hear, with mind fixed, that knowledge by which, in the way I shall tell, you will know Me, the object of the discipline, without doubt, with no uncertainty, and whole, in My fullness.

Salutation to the glorious Varadaraja. Om. In the chapters now past the means was set forth in the primary place; let the greatness of the Lord be set forth in the primary place by the six that follow, Krishna says, with 'with mind attached to Me'. 'With mind attached' means with the mind joined in exceeding fondness. 'Taking Me as refuge' means holding that the Lord Himself does everything through me, that He alone is my refuge, and that I stand in Him alone. 'Without doubt' and 'entire' are qualifiers of the act of knowing.