Bhagwad Gita - Post 139

Chapter XII

The Yoga of devotion

Verse 1

Arjuna Uvaacha:

Evam satatayuktaa ye

Bhaktaastwaam paryupaasate;

Ye chaapyaksharamavyaktam

Teshaam ke yogavittamaah.

Arjuna said:

Those devotees who, ever steadfast, thus worship Thee and those also who worship the Imperishable and the Unmanifested—which of them are better versed in Yoga?

Verse 2

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Mayyaaveshya mano ye maam

Nityayuktaa upaasate;

Shraddhayaa parayopetaaste

Me yuktatamaa mataah.

The Blessed Lord said:

Those who, fixing their minds on Me, worship Me, ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith, these are the best in Yoga in My opinion.

Verse 3

Ye twaksharamanirdeshyamavyaktam paryupaasate;

Sarvatragamachintyam cha

Kootasthamachalam dhruvam.

Those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifested, the omnipresent, the unthinkable, the eternal and the immovable,

Verse 4

Samniyamyendriyagraamam

Sarvatra samabuddhayah;

Te praapnuvanti maameva

Sarvabhootahite rataah.

Having restrained all the senses, even-minded everywhere, intent on the welfare of all beings—verily they also come unto Me.

Verse 5

Klesho’dhikatarasteshaam Avyaktaasaktachetasaam;

Avyaktaa hi gatirduhkham

Dehavadbhiravaapyate.

Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the Unmanifested; for the goal—the Unmanifested—is very difficult for the embodied to reach.

Verse 6

Ye tu sarvaani karmaani

Mayi sannyasya matparaah;

Ananyenaiva yogena maam

Dhyaayanta upaasate.

But to those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the supreme goal, meditating on Me with single-minded Yoga.

Verse 7

Teshaamaham samuddhartaa Mrityusamsaarasaagaraat;

Bhavaami nachiraat paartha Mayyaaveshitachetasaam.

To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I become ere long the saviour out of the ocean of the mortal Samsara!

Verse 8

Mayyeva mana aadhatswa

Mayi buddhim niveshaya;

Nivasishyasi mayyeva ata

Oordhwam na samshayah.

Fix thy mind on Me only, thy intellect in Me, (then) thou shait no doubt live in Me alone hereafter.

Verse 9

Atha chittam samaadhaatum

Na shaknoshi mayi sthiram;

Abhyaasayogena tato

Maamicchaaptum dhananjaya.

If thou art unable to fix thy mind steadily on Me, then by the Yoga of constant practice do thou seek to reach Me, O Arjuna!

Verse 10

Abhyaase’pyasamartho’si

Matkarmaparamo bhava;

Madarthamapi karmaani Kurvansiddhimavaapsyasi.

If thou art unable to practice even this Abhyasa Yoga, be thou intent on doing actions for My sake; even by doing actions for My sake, thou shalt attain perfection.

Continued…

Love.