भक्तियोग

अर्जुन उवाच |

12.1 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?

श्रीभगवानुवाच |

12.2 The Blessed Lord said Those who, fixing their mind on Me, worship Me, ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith, are the best in Yoga in My opinion.

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते |

Swami Sivananda did not comment on this sloka

सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः |

12.4 Having restrained all the senses, even-minded everywhere, intent on the welfare of all beings verily they also come unto Me.

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् |

12.5 Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested; for the goal; the unmanifested, is very hard for the embodied to reach.

ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः |

12.6 But to those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the supreme gaol, meditating on Me with single-minded Yoga.

तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् |

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

मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय |

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

अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् |

12.9 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.

अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव |

12.10 If thou art unable to practise even this Abhyasa Yoga, be thou intent on doing actions for My sake; even by doing actions for My sake, thou shalt attain perfection.

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः |

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

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते |

12.12 Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge meditation is better; than meditation the renunciation of the fruits of actions: peace immediately follows renunciation.

अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च |

12.13 He who hates no creature, who is friendly and compassionate to all, who is free from attachment and egoism, balanced in pleasure and pain, and forgiving.

सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः |

12.14 Ever content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, possessed of firm conviction, with the mind and intellect dedicated to Me, he, My devtoee, is dear to Me.

यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः |

12.15 He by whom the world is not agitated and who cannot be agitated by the world, and who is freed from joy, anger, fear and anxiety he is dear to Me.

अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः |

12.16 He who is free from wants, pure, expert, unconcerned, and free from pain, renouncing all undertakings or commencements he who is (thus) devoted to Me, is dear to Me.

यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति |

12.17 He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing good and evil, and who is full of devotion, is dear to Me.

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः |

Swami Sivananda did not comment on this sloka

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् |

12.19 He to whom censure and praise are eal, who is silent, content with anything, homeless, of a steady mind, and full of devotion that man is dear to Me.

ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते |

12.20 They verily who follow this immortal Dharma (law or doctrine) as described above, endowed with faith, regarding Me as their supreme goal, they, the devotees, are exceedingly dear to Me.