Srimad Bhagavad Gita : Chapter-12
Bhakti-Yoga : Devotion
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Arjuna, perceiving the difference between the Unmanifested Eternal and the manifested Ishvara, incidentally asks which is the better method, fixing the mind on the one or on the other - Shri Krishna answers: "the former is the more difficult, and by that method too, Jivas have to pass to the stage and state of (a personal) Ishvara." (He thereby stimulates deeper enquiry, to which He leaves the discovery that the two systems are really not distinct, that the one system is to fix the mind on the Eternal, and, in subordination to that supreme fact, to work by the will of the Ishvara to whom we belong.
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Arjuna said :
Those devotees who ever harmonised worship Thee, and those also who worship the Indestructible, the Unmanifested, whether of these is the more learned in yoga ? (1)
The Blessed Lord said :
They who with mind fixed on Me, ever harmonised worship Me, with faith supreme endowed, these in My opinion, are best in yoga. (2)
They who worship the Indestructible, the Ineffable, the Unmanifested, Omnipresent and Unthinkable, the Unchanging, Immutable, Eternal, (3)
Restraining and subduing the senses, regarding everything equally, in the welfare of all rejoicing, these also come unto Me. (4)
The difficulty of those whose minds are set on the Unmanifested is greater; for the path of the Unmanifested is hard for the embodied to reach. (5)
Those verily who, renouncing all actions in Me and intent on Me, worship meditating on Me, with wholehearted yoga, (6)
These I speedily lift up from the ocean of death and existence, O Partha, their minds being fixed on Me. (7)
Place thy mind in Me, into Me let thy Reason enter; then without doubt thou shalt abide in Me hereafter. (8)
But if thou art not able firmly to fix thy mind on Me, then by the yoga of practice seek to reach Me, O Dhanahjaya. (9)
If also thou art not equal to constant practice, be intent on My service; performing actions for My sake, thou shalt attain perfection. (10)
If even to do this thou hast not strength, then taking refuge in union with Me, renounce all fruit of action, with the self controlled. (11)
Better indeed is wisdom than constant practice; than wisdom meditation is better : than meditation renunciation of the fruit of action; on renunciation follows peace. (12)
He who beareth no ill-will to any being, friendly and compassionate, without attachment and egoism, balanced in pleasure and pain, and forgiving, (13)
Ever content, harmonious, with the self controlled, resolute, with mind and Reason dedicated to Me, he, My devotee, is dear to Me, (14)
He from whom the world doth not shrink away, who doth not shrink away from the world, freed from the anxieties of joy, anger and fear, he is dear to Me. (15)
He who wants nothing, is pure, expert, passionless, untroubled, renouncing every undertaking, he, My devotee, is dear to Me. (16)
He who neither loveth nor hateth, nor grieveth, nor desireth, renouncing good and evil, full of devotion, he is dear to Me. (17)
Alike to foe and friend, and also in fame and ignominy, alike in cold and heat, pleasures and pains, destitute of attachment, (18)
Taking equally praise and reproach, silent, wholly content with what cometh, homeless, firm in mind, full of devotion, that man is dear to Me. (19)
They verily who partake of this life-giving wisdom as taught herein, endued with faith, I their Supreme Object, devotees, they are surpassingly dear to Me. (20)
Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad-Gita, the science of the ETERNAL, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Shri Krishna and Arjuna, the twelfth discourse, entitled :
THE YOGA OF DEVOTION.
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Online Source:"The Bhagavad Gita" by Annie Besant and Bhagavan Das, 1905
संस्कृत श्लोक - Sanskrit Gita-12
বাংলা অনুবাদ - Bengali Gita-12
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