Chapter 12
Bhakti Yoga
The Yoga of Devotion
- Verse 12.1Of the worshippers, who thus, constantly devoted, meditate on you, and those who (meditate) on the unperceived and…
- Verse 12.2Those who being constantly devoted, and possessed of the highest faith, worship me with a mind fixed on me, are deemed…
- Verse 12.3But those, who, restraining the (whole) group of the senses, and with a mind at all times equable, meditate on the…
- Verse 12.4But those, who, restraining the (whole) group of the senses, and with a mind at all times equable, meditate on the…
- Verse 12.5For those whose minds are attached to the unperceived, the trouble is much greater. Because the unperceived goal is…
- Verse 12.6As to those, however, O son of Prithâ! who, dedicating all their actions to me, and (holding) me as their highest…
- Verse 12.7As to those, however, O son of Prithâ! who, dedicating all their actions to me, and (holding) me as their highest…
- Verse 12.8Place your mind on me only; fix your understanding on me. In me you will dwell hereafter, (there is) no doubt.
- Verse 12.9But if you are unable to fix your mind steadily on me, then, O Dhanañgaya! endeavour to obtain me by the abstraction…
- Verse 12.10If you are unequal even to continuous meditation, then let acts for (propitiating) me be your highest (aim). Even…
- Verse 12.11If you are unable to do even this, then resort to devotion to me, and, with self-restraint, abandon all fruit of action.
- Verse 12.12For knowledge is better than continuous meditation; concentration is esteemed higher than knowledge; and the…
- Verse 12.13That devotee of mine, who hates no being, who is friendly and compassionate, who is free from egoism, and from (the…
- Verse 12.14That devotee of mine, who hates no being, who is friendly and compassionate, who is free from egoism, and from (the…
- Verse 12.15He through whom the world is not agitated, and who is not agitated by the world, who is free from joy and anger and…
- Verse 12.16That devotee of mine, who is unconcerned, pure, assiduous, impartial, free from distress, who abandons all actions…
- Verse 12.17He who is full of devotion to me, who feels no joy and no aversion, who does not grieve and does not desire, who…
- Verse 12.18He who is alike to friend and foe, as also in honour and dishonour, who is alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain,…
- Verse 12.19He who is alike to friend and foe, as also in honour and dishonour, who is alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain,…
- Verse 12.20But those devotees who, imbued with faith, and (regarding) me as their highest (goal), resort to this holy (means for…