However you come, I meet you

ye yathā māṃ prapadyante tāṃstathaiva bhajāmyahammama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ

As people come to Me, so I receive them. In every way, Partha, people follow My path.

What it means

Krishna offers a generous truth. Ye yatha mam prapadyante. However people approach me, that is how I meet them. In love, in duty, in questioning, even in confusion. All people, he says, are following his path in their own ways. No one is outside his welcome.

The story

Arjuna has approached Krishna as a friend, a cousin, now a student. Krishna has met him in each of those ways. Here he says that's how he meets everyone, as they are, where they are.

In your life

Imagine a grandparent who connects with each grandchild differently, football with one, books with another. Each feels fully loved. Meet the people in your life on their terms this week.