CHAPTER 12
Arjuna asks:
12. 1 Those devotees who constantly worship you (with form and attributes), and those who worship your unmanifested, indestructible, aspect (of these two categories) who are the best knowers of yoga ?
Lord says:
12. 2 I consider them as the best Yogis, who endowed with supreme faith, and ever
united through meditation [...]
9. 1 Going to tell you who is free from jealousy, the most important secret, Knowledge and its Practice, knowing which you will be liberated from the evil(of worldly existence)
9. 2 This knowledge is sovereign science and sovereign secret, holy, excellent, directly enjoyable, virtuous, easy to practise and imperishable
9. 3 People having no faith [...]
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः ।
हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ॥१२- १५॥
Yasmanno dvijate loko lokaanno dvijate cha yaH
Harshhaamarshha bayodvegair, mukto yaH sa cha me priyaH
Yasmaat- From or due to whom : Lokah- the world: udvijate- is not agitated by fear : Yah- who : Lokat- by the world : Na udvijate- is not agitated [...]
संतुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः ।
मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥१२- १४॥
SantushhTaH satataM yogi yataatmaa dhR^idanishchayaH
Mayyaarpita manO buddhir yo mat bhaktaH sa me priyaH
SantushhTaH – content : SatataM – always : Yataatma – self controlled : DhR^ida nishchayaH – firm in conviction : Mayi – in me : Arpita – dedicated : ManO buddhiH – [...]
The twelfth chapter of the Gita is called “Bhakti Yoga” or the Yoga of devotion. The chapter begins with the sloka spoken by Arjuna:
अर्जुन उवाच |
एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते |
ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ||
EvaM satatyuktaa ye bhaktaastvaaM paryupaasate
ye chaapyaksharamavyaktaM teshhaaM ke yogavittamaaH
Word Meanings:
evaM – In this way:
satatayuktaaH – ever steadfast in devotion [...]
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The Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna. It is narrated in the bhiishhma parva of the Maha Bharata and was subsequently recorded by Vyasa for the benefit of humanity. It comprises 701 verses in 18 chapters. The Mahabharata has given us many great values, but the two most [...]
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Arjuna now wants to know who is a better yogi. The one who follows the path of devotion looking upon God with form and attributes as the supreme person or the one who looks upon the formless and attributeless brahman.h.
The Lord says that all devotees who worship God with faith [...]
