1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 13 - Kshetra Kshetrajna Yoga - Sloka 10

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1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 13 - Kshetra Kshetrajna Yoga - Sloka 10

Mayi cha ananya yogena bhaktih avyabhi charini I

Vivikta desha sevitam aratih jana samsadi II sloka 10

मयि च अनन्य योगेन भक्तिः अव्यभि चारिणी I

विविक्त देश सेविताम् आर्तिः जन संसदि II श्लोक 10 

Unswerving devotion to Me in yoga of non-separation, resort to sequestered places, distaste for the society of men;

Mind in its entirety must be dedicated to the Lord, with a strong conviction that there is nothing else worthy of interest. The way of the devotee is never to divide and distract his mind between the Real and Unreal His constant absorptionis and ought to be in the Lord. 

A place endowed with natural beauty, pleasing and elevating to the mind, quite healthy and free from disturbance by wild animals is to be selected by the sadhaka for his residence. company of the holy ones at the initial stage  and severance from them too, at the advanced stage is a spiritual necessity to the sadhaka progressing in the path to perfection. 

The moth abandons darkness and rushes to the light of the lamp. The ant would rather give up its life than sever contact with juice. Even so the devotee is ever intent on the Lord and he has no other concern in life.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa