Chapter 12 · 20 verses
भक्तियोगः
Bhakti-yogaḥ
- 12.1एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।Arjuna said, "Which of them are better versed in Yoga—those who steadfastly worship You, or those who worship…
- 12.2मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।The Blessed Lord said, "In My opinion, those who fix their minds on Me, worship Me ever steadfastly, and are…
- 12.3ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते।Those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the omnipresent, the unthinkable, the…
- 12.4संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः।Having restrained all the senses, being even-minded everywhere, and intent on the welfare of all beings, they…
- 12.5क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्।Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested, for the goal of the unmanifested is very…
- 12.6ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः।But to those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the supreme goal, meditating on Me…
- 12.7तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्।To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I soon become the savior out of the ocean of Samsara.
- 12.8मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय।Fix your mind on Me, and your intellect in Me. Then you will certainly live in Me alone hereafter.
- 12.9अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम्।If you are unable to fix your mind steadily on Me, then seek to reach Me through the yoga of constant…
- 12.10अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव।If you are unable to practice even this Abhyasa Yoga, be intent on doing actions for My sake; even by doing…
- 12.11अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।If you are unable to do even this, then, resort to union with Me and renounce the fruits of all actions with…
- 12.12श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।Better indeed is knowledge than practice; better than knowledge is meditation; better than meditation is the…
- 12.13अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च।He who hates no creature, is friendly and compassionate to all, is free from attachment and egoism, is…
- 12.14सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः।Ever content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, possessing firm conviction, with the mind and intellect…
- 12.15यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः।He whom the world does not agitate, and who cannot be agitated by the world, and who is freed from joy,…
- 12.16अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः।He who is free from wants, pure, expert, unconcerned, and free from pain, renouncing all undertakings and…
- 12.17यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति।He who neither rejoices nor hates, nor grieves nor desires, renouncing both good and evil, and who is full of…
- 12.18समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः।He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honor and dishonor, who is the same in cold and heat, in…
- 12.19तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येनकेनचित्।He to whom censure and praise are equal, who is silent, content with anything, homeless, of a steady mind,…
- 12.20ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते।They who follow this immortal Dharma, endowed with faith and regarding Me as their supreme goal, are…