अर्जुन उवाच |
Arjuna said Those devotees who, ever steadfast, thus worship Thee and those also who wors…
12.2श्रीभगवानुवाच |
The Blessed Lord said Those who, fixing their mind on Me, worship Me, ever steadfast and …
12.3ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते |
Swami Sivananda did not comment on this sloka
12.4सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः |
Having restrained all the senses, even-minded everywhere, intent on the welfare of all bei…
12.5क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् |
Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the unmanifested; for the goal; the unmani…
12.6ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः |
But to those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the supreme gao…
12.7तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् |
To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I become ere long the saviour out of …
12.8मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय |
Fix thy mind in Me only, thy intellect in Me, (then) thou shalt no doubt live in Me alone …
12.9अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् |
If thou art unable to fix thy mind steadily on Me, then by the Yoga of constant practice d…
12.10अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव |
If thou art unable to practise even this Abhyasa Yoga, be thou intent on doing actions for…
12.11अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः |
If thou art unable to do even this, then, resorting to union with Me, renounce the fruits …
12.12श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते |
Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge meditation is better; than medita…
12.13अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च |
He who hates no creature, who is friendly and compassionate to all, who is free from attac…
12.14सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः |
Ever content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, possessed of firm conviction, with th…
12.15यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः |
He by whom the world is not agitated and who cannot be agitated by the world, and who is f…
12.16अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः |
He who is free from wants, pure, expert, unconcerned, and free from pain, renouncing all u…
12.17यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति |
He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing good and evil, an…
12.18समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः |
Swami Sivananda did not comment on this sloka
12.19तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् |
He to whom censure and praise are eal, who is silent, content with anything, homeless, of …
12.20ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते |
They verily who follow this immortal Dharma (law or doctrine) as described above, endowed …