12. Devotion

Bhakti Yog

BG 12.2

Krishna replied: Those who keep their mind fixed on me, who worship me with unwavering faith and concentration, are the highest practitioners of Yoga.

श्री भगवानुवाचमय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते
श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः


  • śhrī-bhagavān — Krishna

    • śhrī

    • bhagavān

  • uvācha — said

  • mayy — on me

  • āveśhya — fix

  • mano — the mind

  • ye — those

  • māṁ — me

  • nitya-yuktā — always engaged

    • nitya

    • yuktā

  • upāsate — worship

  • śhraddhayā — with faith

  • parayopetās — endowed with the best

    • parayā — best

    • upetāḥ — endowed

  • te — they

  • me — by me

  • yuktatamā — highest position
    yukta-tamāḥ—situated highest in Yog

  • matāḥ — I consider

...12.1

Krishna replied: Those who keep their mind fixed on me, who worship me with unwavering faith and concentration, are the highest practitioners of Yoga.

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Those who worship me as the imperishable, the incomprehensible, the omnipresent, the unthinkable, the primal, the immutable, and the eternal,

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having subdued all the senses, remaining equanimous at all times, and engaged in the welfare of all beings - they also attain me.

[4]

12.5...
Chapter 12, Verse 2