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Chapter 12

Bhakti Yoga

VERSE 12.1

अर्जुन उवाच | एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते | ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः |...

12.1 Arjuna said Those devotees who, ever steadfast, thus worship Thee and those also who worship t...

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VERSE 12.2

श्रीभगवानुवाच | मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते | श्रद्धया परयोपेताः ते मे युक्ततमा मताः ||...

12.2 The Blessed Lord said Those who, fixing their mind on Me, worship Me, ever steadfast and endow...

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VERSE 12.3

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते | सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यञ्च कूटस्थमचलन्ध्रुवम् ||१२-३||

Swami Sivananda did not comment on this sloka

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VERSE 12.4

सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः | ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ||१२-४||

12.4 Having restrained all the senses, even-minded everywhere, intent on the welfare of all beings ...

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VERSE 12.5

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् | अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ||१२-५||

12.5 Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested; for the goal; the unmanifeste...

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VERSE 12.6

ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः | अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते ||१२-६||

12.6 But to those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the supreme gaol, me...

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VERSE 12.7

तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् | भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ||१२-७||

12.7 To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I become ere long the saviour out of the o...

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VERSE 12.8

मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय | निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः ||१२-८||

12.8 Fix thy mind in Me only, thy intellect in Me, (then) thou shalt no doubt live in Me alone herea...

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VERSE 12.9

अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् | अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय ||१२-९||

12.9 If thou art unable to fix thy mind steadily on Me, then by the Yoga of constant practice do tho...

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VERSE 12.10

अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव | मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि ||१२-१०||

12.10 If thou art unable to practise even this Abhyasa Yoga, be thou intent on doing actions for My ...

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VERSE 12.11

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः | सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान् ||१२-११||

12.11 If thou art unable to do even this, then, resorting to union with Me, renounce the fruits of a...

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VERSE 12.12

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते | ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम् ||१२-...

12.12 Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge meditation is better; than meditation...

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VERSE 12.13

अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च | निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ||१२-१३||

12.13 He who hates no creature, who is friendly and compassionate to all, who is free from attachmen...

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VERSE 12.14

सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः | मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ||१२-१४||

12.14 Ever content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, possessed of firm conviction, with the mi...

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VERSE 12.15

यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः | हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ||१२-१५||

12.15 He by whom the world is not agitated and who cannot be agitated by the world, and who is freed...

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VERSE 12.16

अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः | सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ||१२-१६||

12.16 He who is free from wants, pure, expert, unconcerned, and free from pain, renouncing all under...

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VERSE 12.17

यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति | शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः ||१२-१७||

12.17 He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing good and evil, and wh...

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VERSE 12.18

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः | शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ||१२-१८||

Swami Sivananda did not comment on this sloka

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VERSE 12.19

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् | अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ||१२-१९||

12.19 He to whom censure and praise are eal, who is silent, content with anything, homeless, of a st...

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VERSE 12.20

ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते | श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः ||१२-२०||

12.20 They verily who follow this immortal Dharma (law or doctrine) as described above, endowed with...

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