अर्जुन
उवाच ।
एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते
।
ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥
१२-१॥
arjuna uvāca
evaṃ satatayuktā ye
bhaktāstvāṃ paryupāsate
ye cāpyakṣaramavyaktaṃ teṣāṃ ke yogavittamāḥ 12-1
Those devotees who, eversteadfast, thus worship you, and
also those who worship the imperishable, the unmanifested — which of them are
better versed in YOGA?
श्रीभगवानुवाच
।
मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां
नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ।
श्रद्धया परयोपेताः ते मे युक्ततमा
मताः ॥ १२-२॥
śrībhagavānuvāca
mayyāveśya mano ye māṃ
nityayuktā upāsate
śraddhayā parayopetāḥ te
me yuktatamā matāḥ 12-2
The Blessed Lord said: Those who, fixing their mind on
Me, worship Me, ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith, these, in my
opinion, are the best in YOGA.
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते ।
सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यञ्च कूटस्थमचलन्ध्रुवम् ॥ १२-३॥
ye tvakṣaramanirdeśyam avyaktaṃ
paryupāsate
sarvatragamacintyañca kūṭasthamacalandhruvam
12-3
Those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the
unmanifest, the omnipresent, the unthinkable. the unchangeable. the immovable
and the eternal, . . .
सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं
सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः ।
ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥ १२-४॥
sanniyamyendriyagrāmaṃ
sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ
te prāpnuvanti māmeva sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ
12-4
Having restrained all the senses, even-minded everywhere,
rejoicing ever in the welfare of all beings — verily theyalso come unto Me.
क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम्
।
अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते
॥ १२-५॥
kleśo’dhikatarasteṣām avyaktāsaktacetasām
avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ dehavadbhiravāpyate 12-5
Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the
Unmanifest ; for the goal, the Unmanifest, is very hard for the embodied to
reach.
ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि
मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः ।
अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते
॥ १२-६॥
ye tu sarvāṇi
karmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya matparāḥ
ananyenaiva yogena māṃ
dhyāyanta upāsate 12-6
But those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me,
regarding Me as the Supreme Goal, meditating on Me with single-minded devotion
(YOGA) . . .
तेषामहं
समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् ।
भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ॥ १२-७॥
teṣāmahaṃ
samuddhartā mṛtyusaṃsārasāgarāt
bhavāmi nacirātpārtha mayyāveśitacetasām 12-7
For them, whose minds are set on Me, verily I become,
ere-long, O Partha, the Saviour, (to save them) out of the ocean of finite
experiences; the SAMSARA.
मय्येव
मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय
।
निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न
संशयः ॥ १२-८॥
mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya
nivasiṣyasi mayyeva ata ūrdhvaṃ
na saṃśayaḥ 12-8
Fix your mind on Me only, place your intellect in Me;
then, (thereafter) you shall, no doubt, live in Me alone.
अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि
स्थिरम् ।
अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय
॥ १२-९॥
atha cittaṃ
samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi
mayi sthiram
abhyāsayogena tato māmicchāptuṃ
dhanañjaya 12-9
If you are unable to fix your mind steadily upon Me, then
by the YOGA -of constant-practice, seek to reach Me, O Dhananjaya.
अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि
मत्कर्मपरमो भव ।
मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि ॥ १२-१०॥
abhyāse’pyasamartho’si matkarmaparamo bhava
madarthamapi karmāṇi
kurvansiddhimavāpsyasi 12-10
If you are unable even to practise ABHYASA-YOGA, be you
intent on performing actions for My sake; even by doing actions for My sake,
you shall attain perfection.
अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि
कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः ।
सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्
॥ १२-११॥
athaitadapyaśakto’si kartuṃ
madyogamāśritaḥ
sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ
tataḥ kuru yatātmavān
12-11
If you are unable to do even this, then taking refuge in
Me, self-controlled, renounce the fruits-of-all-actions.
श्रेयो
हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं
विशिष्यते ।
ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्
॥ १२-१२॥
śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsāj jñānāddhyānaṃ viśiṣyate
dhyānātkarmaphalatyāgas tyāgācchāntiranantaram 12-12
Knowledge is indeed better than practice ; meditation is
better than knowledge ; renunciation of the fruits-of-actions is better than
meditation ; peace immediately follows renunciation.
अद्वेष्टा
सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च
।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥ १२-१३॥
adveṣṭā
sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca
nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ
kṣamī 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
।
मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो
मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः
॥ १२-१४॥
santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ
mayyarpitamanobuddhiryo madbhaktaḥ
sa me priyaḥ 12-14
Ever content, steady in meditation, self-controlled,
possessed of firm conviction, with mind and intellect dedicated to Me, he, My
devotee, is dear to me.
यस्मान्नोद्विजते
लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः ।
हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो
यः स च मे
प्रियः ॥ १२-१५॥
yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ
harṣāmarṣabhayodvegair mukto yaḥ
sa ca me priyaḥ 12-15
He by whom the world is not agitated (affected) , and who
cannot be agitated by the world, who is freed from joy, envy, fear, and anxiety
— he is dear to me.
अनपेक्षः
शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स
मे प्रियः ॥ १२-१६॥
anapekṣaḥ
śucirdakṣa udāsīno gatavyathaḥ
sarvārambhaparityāgī yo madbhaktaḥ
sa me priyaḥ 12-16
He who is free from wants, pure, alert, unconcerned,
untroubled, 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 ।
शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः
॥ १२-१७॥
yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi
na śocati na kāṅkṣati
śubhāśubhaparityāgī bhaktimānyaḥ
sa me priyaḥ 12-17
He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor
desires, renouncing good and evil, full of devotion, is dear to Me.
समः
शत्रौ च मित्रे च
तथा मानापमानयोः ।
शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥
१२-१८॥
samaḥ
śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ
12-18
He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honour
and dishonour, who is the same in cold and heat and in pleasure and pain, who
is free from attachment . . .
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी
सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् ।
अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥ १२-१९॥
tulyanindāstutirmaunī santuṣṭo
yena kenacit
aniketaḥ sthiramatir
bhaktimānme priyo naraḥ
12-19
To whom censure and praise are equal, who is silent,
content with anything, homeless, steady-minded, full of devotion — that man is
dear to Me.
ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं
पर्युपासते ।
श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः ॥
१२-२०॥
ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु
ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे
भक्तियोगो नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः ॥
१२॥
ye tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate
śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktāste’tīva me priyāḥ
12-20
oṃ
tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu
brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre
śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde
bhaktiyogo nāma dvādaśo’dhyāyaḥ
20
They indeed, who follow this Immortal DHARMA (Law of
Life) as described above, endowed with faith, regarding Me as their Supreme
Goal — such devotees are exceedingly dear to Me.
