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.
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