Srimad Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 भक्तियोग – BhaktiYoga The Yoga of Devotion
12:01
अर्जुन उवाच | एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते | ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः || १२ १ || Arjuna uvaacha:
evam satata-yuktaa ye
bhaktaas-tvaam paryu-paasate
ye chaapyaksharam-avyaktam
teshaam ke yoga-vitta-maaha
(SBG 12:01) Arjuna said: Among the devotees who are ever steadfast and worship You, and those who worship the Imperishable and formless Absolute, which of them are better versed in Yoga? —————————— 12:02 श्रीभगवानुवाच | मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते | श्रद्धया परयोपेताः ते मे युक्ततमा मताः || १२ २ || Sri Bhagavaan uvaacha:
mayyaa-veshya mano ye maam
nitya-yuktaa upaasate
shraddhayaa parayo-petaah
te me yukta-tamaa mataaha
(SBG 12:02)
Shri Bhagavan Krishna said: Those who, fixing their minds on Me, worship Me, and are ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith, I regard them as the best of Yogis. —————————— 12:03
ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यं अव्यक्तं पर्युपासते | सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थं अचलंध्रुवम् || १२ ३ || ye tvakshara-manir-deshyam
avyaktam paryu-paasate
sarvatra-gama-chintyam cha
kootastham achalam-dhruvam
(SBG 12:03) Those who worship the Imperishable, the Indefinable, the Unmanifest, the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Eternal, the Formless and the Immovable; 12:04
संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयाः | ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः || १२ ४ || samni-yam-yendriya-graamam
sarvatra sama-buddhayaaha
te praapnuvanti maameva
sarva-bhoota-hite rataaha
(SBG 12:04)
…have their senses controlled, possess a balanced mind, and are engaged in the welfare of others; certainly, come to Me.
—————————— 12:05 क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषां अव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् | अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते || १२ ५ || klesho-’dhika-taras-teshaam
avyaktaa-sakta-chetasaam
avyaktaa hi gatir-duhkham
dehavad-bhira vaap-yate
(SBG 12:05) Those whose minds are set on an unmanifest and impersonal Absolute Power, face difficulties in reaching the goal. This is because people always identify with the body and when there is no perceptible form, it is difficult to perceive. —————————— 12:06 ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः | अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते || १२ ६ || ye tu sarvaaNi karmaaNi
mayi sannyasya matparaha
anan-yenaiva yogena
maam dhyaa-yanta upaasate
(SBG 12:06) But those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the Supreme Goal, meditating on Me with single-minded Yoga;
12:07
तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् | भवामि न चिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् || १२ ७ || teshaa-maham samuddhartaa
(SBG 12:07) …and those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, I certainly deliver them from the ocean of the mortal Samsara or that of births and deaths! —————————— 12:08 मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय | निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः || १२ ८ || mayyeva mana aadhatsva
mayi buddhim niveshaya
nivasishyasi mayyeva
ata oordhvam na samshayaha
(SBG 12:08) Fix your mind and your intellect on Me alone, and you will no doubt live in Me hereafter.
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12:09 अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् | अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनंजय || १२ ९ || atha chittam samaa-dhaatum
na shaknoshi mayi sthiram
abhyaasa-yogena tato
maami-cchaaptum dhananjaya
(SBG 12:09) If you are unable to fix your mind steadily on Me, then by the Yoga of constant practice, seek to reach Me, O Arjuna.
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12:10 अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव | मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि || १२ १० || abhyaase’pyasa-martho’si
matkarma-paramo bhava
madartha-mapi karmaaNi
kurvan-siddhima-vaapsyasi
(SBG 12:10) If you are unable to practise even this Abhyasa Yoga, be intent on doing actions for My sake, for even by doing actions for My sake, you shall attain perfection.
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12:11 अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः | सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान् || १२ ११ || athaitad-apyashakto’si
(SBG 12:11) If you are unable to do even this, then taking refuge in union with Me, with perfect self-control, renounce the fruits of all your actions.
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12:12 श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते | ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छांतिरनन्तरम् || १२ १२ || shreyo hi jnaanam-abhyaasaa-
(SBG 12:12) Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge, meditation is better; the renunciation of the fruits of actions, is better than meditation; and immediately after such renunciation, comes peace.
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12:13 अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च | निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी || १२ १३ || adveshtaa sarva-bhootaanaam
maitrah-karuNa eva cha
nirmamo nirahankaarah
sama-duhkha-sukhah kshamee
(SBG 12:13) A person who hates no creature and is friendly as well as compassionate to all is free from attachment and egoism. Such a person who remains balanced in pleasure and pain is ever forgiving,
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12:14 संतुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः | मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः || १२ १४ || santushtah satatam yogee
(SBG 12:14) …ever content, steady in meditation, possessed of firm conviction, stays Self-controlled and is always dedicated to Me; is dear to Me. ———————————————————————— 12:15 यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः | हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः || १२ १५ || yasmaan-nod-vijate loko
lokaan-nodvijate cha yaha
harshaa-marsha-bhayod-vegair-
mukto yah sa cha me priyaha (SBG 12:15)
He who neither causes grief to others nor is agitated by the world; who treats equally pleasure and pain; and is free from envy, fear and anxiety; is dear to me.
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12:16 अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः | सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः || १२ १६ || anapekshaha shuchirdaksha
udaaseeno gata-vyathaha
sarvaarambha-parityaagee
yo madbhaktah sa me priyaha
(SBG 12:16) A person who is free from wants; is pure, skilled, dispassionate and untroubled; renounces selfishness in all undertakings or commencements, and remains devoted to Me; is dear to Me.
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12:17 यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति | शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः || १२ १७ || yona hrishyati na dveshti
na shochati na kaangkshati
shubhaa-shubha-parityaagee
bhakti-maan-yah sa me priyaha
(SBG 12:17) He who is beyond joy and hate, neither grieves nor desires, renounces good and evil, and is full of devotion, is dear to Me.
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12:18 समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः | शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः || १२ १८ || samah shatrau cha mitre cha
(SBG 12:18) He, to whom foe and friend are the same, who faces equally honour and dishonour, is the same in cold and heat as well as in pleasure and pain, is free from attachment,
12:19 तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी संतुष्टो येन केनचित् | अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः || १२ १९ || tulya-nindaastu-tirmaunee
santushto yena kenachit
aniketaha-sthiramatir-
bhaktimaan-me priyo naraha
(SBG 12:19) …to whom admonishment and praise are equal, is silent, remains contented with whatever comes to him, is not attached to the place he stays in, and is of a steady mind full of devotion; is dear to Me.
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12:20 ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते | श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः || १२ २० || ye tu dharm-yaamruta-midam
Those devotees who truly follow this immortal Dharma as I have taught above, are endowed with faith and regard Me as their Supreme Goal, are exceedingly dear to Me.
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ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद् भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे भक्तियोगो नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः || १२ || Hari Om Tat Sat
Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu Brahmavidyaayaam
Yogashaastre Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade
Bhaktiyogo Naama Dvaadasho’dhyaayaha Thus ends the twelfth part of the Bhagavad Gita “The Yoga of Devotion” -The Science of the Eternal, the Scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Shri Krishna and Arjuna.
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