Chapter 12: Bhakti Yoga, verse 7
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्।
भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ॥
Say itteṣhām ahaṁ samuddhartā mṛityu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt
bhavāmi na chirāt pārtha mayy āveśhita-chetasām
Translation
To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I soon become the savior out of the ocean of Samsara.
Swami Sivananda
O son of Prtha, for those who have their minds absorbed in Me, I become, without delay, the deliverer from the sea of the world, which is fraught with death.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Those whose minds are thus focused on Me, I soon become their savior from the ocean of mortal life.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Of them, with their minds completely entered into Me, I soon become a redeemer from the ocean of the cycle of death, O son of Prtha!
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
O Arjuna! I rescue them from the ocean of life and death, for their minds are fixed upon Me.
Shri Purohit Swami
हे पार्थ ! मेरेमें आविष्ट चित्तवाले उन भक्तोंका मैं मृत्युरूप संसार-समुद्रसे शीघ्र ही उद्धार करनेवाला बन जाता हूँ।
Swami Ramsukhdas
हे पार्थ ! जिनका चित्त मुझमें ही स्थिर हुआ है ऐसे भक्तों का मैं शीघ्र ही मृत्युरूप संसार सागर से उद्धार करने वाला होता हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.