12. Devotion

Bhakti Yog

BG 12.6

Those who dedicate their actions to me, hold me as their supreme goal, contemplate me and meditate upon me with devotion - ...

ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः
अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते

  • ye — who

  • tu — but

  • sarvāṇi — all

  • karmāṇi — actions

  • mayi — to me

  • sannyasya — dedicating

  • mat-paraḥ — supreme goal

    • mat

    • paraḥ

  • ananyenaiva — exclusively

    • ananyena — exclusively

    • eva — certainly

  • yogena — with devotion

  • māṁ — me

  • dhyāyanta — meditating

  • upāsate — worship

...12.4

Those who fix their attention on the unmanifest encounter greater challenges, as it is difficult for those with a body to realize me as being without one.

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Those who dedicate their actions to me, hold me as their supreme goal, contemplate me and meditate upon me with devotion -

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to those whose mind is set on me, I rescue them from their drowning in the ocean of life and death.

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Chapter 12, Verse 6