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arjuna uvāca evaḿ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāḿ paryupāsate ye cāpy akṣaram avyaktaḿ teṣāḿ ke yoga-vittamāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 12.1 Arjuna inquired: Which are considered to be more perfect, those who are always...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca mayy āveśya mano ye māḿ nitya-yuktā upāsate śraddhayā parayopetās te me yukta-tamā matāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 12.2 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Those who fix their minds on My personal...

ye tv akṣaram anirdeśyam avyaktaḿ paryupāsate sarvatra-gam acintyaḿ ca kūṭa-stham acalaḿ dhruvam sanniyamyendriya-grāmaḿ sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ te prāpnuvanti mām eva sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita...

kleśo ’dhika-taras teṣām avyaktāsakta-cetasām avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaḿ dehavadbhir avāpyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 12.5 For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme,...

ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-parāḥ ananyenaiva yogena māḿ dhyāyanta upāsate teṣām ahaḿ samuddhartā mṛtyu-saḿsāra-sāgarāt bhavāmi na cirāt pārtha mayy āveśita-cetasām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 12.6-7 But...

mayy eva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiḿ niveśaya nivasiṣyasi mayy eva ata ūrdhvaḿ na saḿśayaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 12.8 Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in...

atha cittaḿ samādhātuḿ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram abhyāsa-yogena tato mām icchāptuḿ dhanañ-jaya Translation of Bhagavad Gita 12.9 My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then...

abhyāse ’py asamartho ’si mat-karma-paramo bhava mad-artham api karmāṇi kurvan siddhim avāpsyasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 12.10 If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by...

athaitad apy aśakto ’si kartuḿ mad-yogam āśritaḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaḿ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān Translation of Bhagavad Gita 12.11 If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up...

śreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj jñānād dhyānaḿ viśiṣyate dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgas tyāgāc chāntir anantaram Translation of Bhagavad Gita 12.12 If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of...