Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 – Bhakti Yoga
The yoga of devotion — the supreme path of love.
20 verses
All verses of this chapter
- 12.1 – अर्जुन उवाच – Arjuna said: Of those devotees who, ever steadfast, thus worship You, and those who worship the imperishable…
- 12.2 – श्रीभगवानुवाच – The Blessed Lord said: Those who, fixing the mind on Me, ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith…
- 12.3 – ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते – But those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the all-pervading, the unthinkable…
- 12.4 – सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः – Those who, fully restraining the group of senses, are even-minded everywhere and engaged in the welfare of…
- 12.5 – क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् – Greater is the toil of those whose minds are set on the unmanifest, because the unmanifest goal is attained…
- 12.6 – ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि – But those who, offering all actions to Me and regarding Me as the supreme goal, worship Me meditating with…
- 12.7 – तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् – O Partha, for those whose minds are set on Me, I soon become their saviour from the ocean of death-bound…
- 12.8 – मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि – Fix your mind on Me alone and place your intellect in Me; thereafter you shall dwell in Me alone, without…
- 12.9 – अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न – O Dhananjaya, if you are unable to fix your mind steadily on Me, then seek to reach Me by the yoga of…
- 12.10 – अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव – If you are unable even to practise, then be devoted to My work; even by performing actions for My sake you…
- 12.11 – अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः – And if you are unable even to do this, then, taking refuge in My yoga and being self-controlled, renounce…
- 12.12 – श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते – Knowledge is better than practice, meditation is superior to knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action…
- 12.13 – अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण – One who hates no being, who is friendly and compassionate, free from possessiveness and ego, equal in pain…
- 12.14 – सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा – One who is always content, a yogi, self-controlled, of firm resolve, with mind and intellect offered to Me…
- 12.15 – यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च – He by whom the world is not agitated and who is not agitated by the world, and who is free from joy…
- 12.16 – अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः – One who is free from expectation, pure, skilful, impartial, free from distress and a renouncer of all…
- 12.17 – यो न हृष्यति न – One who neither rejoices nor hates, neither grieves nor craves, and renounces both good and evil, a person…
- 12.18 – समः शत्रौ च मित्रे – One who is equal toward enemy and friend, equal in honour and dishonour, equal in cold and heat, pleasure…
- 12.19 – तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् – One to whom censure and praise are alike, who is silent, content with whatever comes, homeless, of steady…
- 12.20 – ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं – But those who, full of faith and holding Me as their supreme goal, follow this dharmic nectar as declared…