Bhagavad Gita 12.1
Evam satata-yukta ye bhaktas tvam paryupasate “Arjuna inquired: Which are considered to be more perfect, those who are always properly engaged in Your devotional service or those who worship the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifested?” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.2
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Bhagavad Gita 12.3, 12.4Ye tv aksharam anirdesyam avyaktam paryupasate Sanniyamyendriya-gramam sarvatra sama-buddhayah “But those who fully worship the unmanifested, that which lies beyond the perception of the senses, the all-pervading, inconceivable, unchanging, fixed and immovable the impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth by controlling the various senses and being equally disposed to everyone, such persons, engaged in the welfare of all, at last achieve Me.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.5Kleso dhikataras tesam avyaktasakta-cetasam “For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.6, 12.7Ye tu sarvani karmani mayi sannyasya mat-parah Tesam aham samuddharta mrityu-samsara-sagarat “But those who worship Me, giving up all their activities unto Me and being devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and always meditating upon Me, having fixed their minds upon Me, O son of Pritha for them I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.8Mayy eva mana adhatsva mayi buddhim nivesaya “Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.9Atha cittam samadhatum na saknosi mayi sthiram “My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way develop a desire to attain Me.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.10Abhyase py asamartho si mat-karma-paramo bhava “If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the perfect stage.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.11Athaitad apy asakto si kartum mad-yogam asritah “If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.12Sreyo hi jnanam abhyasaj jnanad dhyanam visisyate “If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is meditation, and better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one can attain peace of mind.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.13, 12.14Advesta sarva-bhutanam maitrah karuna eva ca Santustah satatam yogi yatatma drdha-niscayah “One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional service with determination, his mind and intelligence fixed on Me such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.15Yasman nodvijate loko lokan nodvijate ca yah “He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anyone, who is equipoised in happiness and distress, fear and anxiety, is very dear to Me.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.16Anapeksah sucir daksha udasino gata-vyathah “My devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and not striving for some result, is very dear to Me.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.17Yo na hrsyati na dvesti na socati na kanksati “One who neither rejoices nor grieves, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things such a devotee is very dear to Me.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.18, 12.19Samah satrau ca mitre ca tatha manapamanayoh Tulya-ninda-stutir mauni santusto yena kenacit “One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesnt care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service such a person is very dear to Me.” |
Bhagavad Gita 12.20Ye tu dharmamritam idam yathoktam paryupasate “Those who follow this imperishable path of devotional service and who completely engage themselves with faith, making Me the supreme goal, are very, very dear to Me.” |
