तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत ।तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम् ॥
tam eva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata |tatprasādāt parāṃ śāntiṃ sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvatam ||
- तम् · tam
- to him
- एव · eva
- alone, only
- शरणम् · śaraṇam
- for refuge, shelter
- गच्छ · gaccha
- go
- सर्वभावेन · sarvabhāvena
- with your whole being
- भारत · bhārata
- O Bharata
- तत्प्रसादात् · tatprasādāt
- through his grace
- पराम् · parām
- supreme
- शान्तिम् · śāntim
- peace
- स्थानम् · sthānam
- the abode
- प्राप्स्यसि · prāpsyasi
- you will attain
- शाश्वतम् · śāśvatam
- eternal
“Take refuge in him alone with your whole being, O Bharata; through his grace you will attain supreme peace and the eternal abode.”
— Original plain-language translation
Total refuge (sarvabhāvena — with every fiber) is the answer to the machine-image of 18.61: the turned can turn toward the Turner. Grace gives both peace now and the lasting abode after. This verse is the first of three escalating calls to surrender, crowned by 18.66.
— Reader's notes (original)