ये यथा मां प्रपद्यन्ते तांस्तथैव भजाम्यहम् ।मम वर्त्मानुवर्तन्ते मनुष्याः पार्थ सर्वशः ॥
ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃs tathaiva bhajāmy aham |mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ ||
- ये · ye
- who
- यथा · yathā
- in whatever way
- माम् · mām
- me
- प्रपद्यन्ते · prapadyante
- approach, take refuge
- तान् · tān
- them
- तथा · tathā
- in that same way
- एव · eva
- indeed
- भजामि · bhajāmi
- I requite, favor
- अहम् · aham
- I
- मम · mama
- my
- वर्त्म · vartma
- path
- अनुवर्तन्ते · anuvartante
- they follow
- मनुष्याः · manuṣyāḥ
- human beings
- पार्थ · pārtha
- O Partha
- सर्वशः · sarvaśaḥ
- in all ways
“In whatever way people approach me, in that same way I requite them. All human beings follow my path in all ways, O Partha.”
— Original plain-language translation
IN SHORT However sincerely you reach out for help, life meets you in that same spirit.
Divine responsiveness is universal: every sincere approach is met in kind, whatever its form. The second line widens it further — all paths, knowingly or not, travel his road. Inclusiveness without erasing the devotee's chosen way. Like a teacher answering every raised hand in the student's own language.
— Reader's notes (original)