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Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja

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CHAPTER TWELVE<br />

<strong>Bhakti</strong>-Yoga<br />

The principle of devotion<br />

TEXT 1<br />

arjuna uvaca<br />

evam satata-yukta ye<br />

bhaktas tvam paryupasate<br />

ye capy aksaram avyaktam<br />

tesam ke yoga-vittamah<br />

Arjuna inquired: O Lord, who among the Yogis, whether those who are<br />

engaged in Your devotional service or those who worship the unmanifested<br />

Brahman are the better?<br />

TEXT 2<br />

sri-bhagavan uvaca<br />

mayy avesya mano ye mam<br />

nitya-yukta upasate<br />

sraddhaya parayopetas<br />

te me yuktatama matah<br />

The Supreme Lord said: Those who fix their minds on Me with great<br />

affection, being engaged in unalloyed devotional service, are the best of all<br />

yogis.<br />

TEXT 3-4<br />

ye tv aksaram anirdesyam<br />

avyaktam paryupasate<br />

sarvatra-gam acintyam ca<br />

kuta-stham acalam dhruvam<br />

sanniyamyendriya-gramam<br />

sarvatra sama-buddhayah<br />

te prapnuvanti mam eva<br />

sarva-bhuta-hite ratah<br />

Those who worship Me as the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifest, the<br />

all-pervading, inconceivable, unchangeable, immovable and eternal one,<br />

keeping the senses under control, and being equally disposed to everyone,<br />

engaged in the welfare of all beings, no doubt achieve Me but with much<br />

difficulty.<br />

TEXT 5<br />

kleso 'dhikataras tesam<br />

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