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भक्तियोग
Bhakti Yoga
Arjuna asks about devotion to a personal form and contemplation of the formless. Krishna explains both approaches and describes the qualities of a devoted person.
Chapter 12 · Bhakti Yoga
20 verses
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BG 12.1
अर्जुन उवाच | एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते | ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ||१२-१||
Arjuna asked: Of those devotees who, ever steadfast in this way, worship you, and those who worship the imperishable unmanifest, who know yoga best?
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BG 12.2
श्रीभगवानुवाच | मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते | श्रद्धया परयोपेताः ते मे युक्ततमा मताः ||१२-२||
The Lord said: I regard as most fully established in yoga those who set their minds on me and, remaining constantly devoted, worship me with supreme trust.
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BG 12.3
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते | सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यञ्च कूटस्थमचलन्ध्रुवम् ||१२-३||
But those who worship the imperishable, indescribable, unmanifest, all-pervading, inconceivable, unchanging, unmoving, and enduring—
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BG 12.4
सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः | ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ||१२-४||
Governing all the senses, seeing equally everywhere, and delighting in the welfare of all beings, they too reach me alone.
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BG 12.5
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् | अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ||१२-५||
The difficulty is greater for those whose minds are attached to the unmanifest, for embodied beings reach that unmanifest goal only with difficulty.
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BG 12.6
ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः | अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते ||१२-६||
But those who entrust all actions to me, make me their highest aim, and worship while meditating on me with undivided discipline—
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BG 12.7
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् | भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ||१२-७||
For those whose minds are set on me, Partha, I soon become the one who lifts them from the ocean of death and repeated existence.
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BG 12.8
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय | निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः ||१२-८||
Place your mind in me alone and your understanding in me. From then onward you will dwell in me; there is no doubt.
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BG 12.9
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् | अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय ||१२-९||
If you cannot keep your mind firmly settled in me, then seek to reach me through repeated practice, Dhananjaya.
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BG 12.10
अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव | मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि ||१२-१०||
If you are unable even to practice, devote yourself to work for me. Even by doing actions for my sake, you will attain perfection.
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BG 12.11
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः | सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान् ||१२-११||
If you are unable to do even this, then, taking refuge in my yoga and governing yourself, give up the fruits of all actions.
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BG 12.12
श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते | ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम् ||१२-१२||
Knowledge is better than practice; meditation is better than knowledge; relinquishing the fruits of action is better than meditation. Peace follows relinquishment immediately.
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BG 12.13
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च | निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ||१२-१३||
One who hates no being, is friendly and compassionate, free from possessiveness and the sense of 'I,' balanced in pain and pleasure, and forgiving—
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BG 12.14
सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः | मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ||१२-१४||
Always content, disciplined in yoga, self-governed and firm in resolve, with mind and understanding offered to me: such a devotee is dear to me.
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BG 12.15
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः | हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ||१२-१५||
One who does not disturb the world and is not disturbed by the world, free from excitement, resentment, fear, and agitation, is dear to me.
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BG 12.16
अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः | सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ||१२-१६||
A devotee who expects nothing, is pure, capable, impartial, free from distress, and has relinquished all self-driven undertakings is dear to me.
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BG 12.17
यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति | शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः ||१२-१७||
One who neither exults nor hates, neither grieves nor craves, who relinquishes good and bad and is devoted, is dear to me.
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BG 12.18
समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः | शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ||१२-१८||
One who is equal toward enemy and friend, honor and dishonor, cold and heat, pleasure and pain, and is free from attachment—
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BG 12.19
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् | अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ||१२-१९||
Who treats blame and praise alike, is quiet, content with whatever comes, without a fixed home, steady in understanding and devoted, is dear to me.
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BG 12.20
ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते | श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः ||१२-२०||
But those devotees who faithfully follow this righteous, deathless teaching just as it has been described, making me their highest aim, are exceedingly dear to me.