Bhagavad Gita 8.7 · BG 8.7
Chapter 8Verse 7
Akshara Brahma Yoga
तस्मात्सर्वेषु कालेषु मामनुस्मर युध्य च। मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्मामेवैष्यस्यसंशयम्॥
tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu mām anusmara yudhya ca, mayy arpita-mano-buddhir mām evaiṣyasy asaṁśayam
Translation
So remember me at all times, and do what needs to be done. With your mind and reason fixed on me, you will surely come to me. Have no doubt about this.
Stay centered while you act. You don't have to pause your life to remember what matters.
What does this mean?
Remembering and acting aren't presented as separate here. You don't have to pause your life to stay centered. The instruction is to carry that center with you into whatever you're already doing.
In simple words
Krishna tells Arjuna to keep him in mind constantly and also to do what the situation requires. You don't stop your life to stay centered. You carry the center into whatever you're already doing.
The deeper idea
The verse joins two things people usually treat as a trade-off: staying inwardly connected to what matters, and being fully active in the world. Krishna's instruction is to do both at once, remember me and act. Remembrance here isn't a separate activity you schedule. It's a background steadiness held while the hands are busy. The promise attached, that this reliably leads you where you're trying to go, is meant to remove the worry that ordinary work pulls you off the path.
How it applies to life
A lot of people assume they'll get to the meaningful inner work later, once the job calms down, once the kids are older, once there's time. This verse says that framing is a mistake. Whatever you're anchored to, your values, a sense of purpose, a practice, you're meant to keep it running through the busy parts, not save it for a quiet stretch that may never come. The work and the center happen in the same hours.