Chapter 9 · The royal knowledge, the royal secret
Bhagavad Gita 9.22
I carry what they need.
Shri Bhagavan
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।
तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
ananyāścintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate / teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yogakṣemaṁ vahāmyaham
For those who think of me and of no one else, who wait on me in worship, always steady in that union, I carry what they lack and guard what they hold.
हिंदी · जो लोग अनन्य भाव से मेरा चिन्तन करते हैं और मेरी उपासना करते हैं, उन नित्य जुड़े हुए भक्तों का योग और क्षेम मैं स्वयं वहन करता हूँ।
What it means
I carry what they need.
To those who worship Me with single-minded devotion, ever united with Me, I bring what they lack and protect what they have.
This is the Trust’s own reading, written for this site. The verse above it is the text.
Where this verse stands
Different worship, different fruits
Chapter 99.20–25
Heavenly reward and various forms of worship are placed within a hierarchy of ends.
This verse belongs to the middle development of the movement.
Common questions
What does Bhagavad Gita 9.22 mean?
I carry what they need. To those who worship Me with single-minded devotion, ever united with Me, I bring what they lack and protect what they have.
Who speaks Bhagavad Gita 9.22?
Shri Bhagavan. The speaker is taken from the text’s own उवाच line as transcribed, not inferred from the verse number.