Sanskrit
मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु । मामेवैष्यसि सत्यं ते प्रतिजाने प्रियोऽसि मे ॥ ६५ ॥
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṃ namaskuru mām evaiṣyasi satyaṃ te pratijāne priyo'si me
Translation
Merge thy mind in Me, be my devotee, sacrifice to Me, prostrate thyself before Me, thou shalt come even to Me. I pledge thee My troth; thou art dear to Me.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
A devotional formula in four short imperatives — merge your mind in Me, be My devotee, sacrifice to Me, prostrate before Me — closing with an unusual personal pledge: “I promise thee truly, thou art dear to Me.” This verse is the on-ramp to verse 66, softer in tone but structurally identical in shape: total orientation toward Krishna, about to be generalized in the very next line into the most consequential command in the text.