भक्तियोग

अर्जुन उवाच एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते । ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥

arjuna uvāca evaṃ satatayuktā ye bhaktāstvāṃ paryupāsate | ye cāpyakṣaramavyaktaṃ teṣāṃ ke yogavittamāḥ ||

Arjuna said: Those devotees who are ever-steadfast and worship You — and those who worship the Imperishable, the Unmanifest — which of them are the best knowers of yoga?

श्रीभगवानुवाच मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते । श्रद्धया परयोपेताः ते मे युक्ततमा मताः ॥

śrī bhagavān uvāca mayyāveśya mano ye māṃ nityayuktā upāsate | śraddhayā parayopetāḥ te me yuktatamā matāḥ ||

The Blessed Lord said: Those who, fixing their minds on Me, worship Me, ever steadfast, endowed with supreme faith — these I consider the most established in yoga.

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते । सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम् ॥

ye tvakṣaramanirdeśyamavyaktaṃ paryupāsate | sarvatragamacintyaṃ ca kūṭasthamacalaṃ dhruvam ||

But those who worship the Imperishable, the Indefinable, the Unmanifest — the Omnipresent, the Unthinkable, the Unchanging, the Unmovable, the Eternal —

सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः । ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥

sanniyamyendriyagrāmaṃ sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ | te prāpnuvanti māmeva sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ ||

Having controlled all their senses, with equal-mindedness everywhere, engaged in the welfare of all beings — they too attain Me.

क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् । अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ॥

kleśo'dhikatarasteṣāmavyaktāsaktacetasām | avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ dehavadbhiravāpyate ||

The difficulty is greater for those whose minds are attached to the Unmanifest. For the goal of the Unmanifest is reached with difficulty by those who are embodied.

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

ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi sannyasya matparāḥ | ananyenaiva yogena māṃ dhyāyanta upāsate ||

But those who, having surrendered all actions to Me, with Me as the supreme goal — worship and meditate on Me with undivided yoga —

तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात् । भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् ॥

teṣāmahaṃ samuddhartā mṛtyusaṃsārasāgarāt | bhavāmi nacirātpārtha mayyāveśitacetasām ||

For those who have their minds immersed in Me — I become, O Partha, the deliverer from the ocean of mortal samsara, and quickly.

मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय । निवसिष्यसि मय्येव अत ऊर्ध्वं न संशयः ॥

mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya | nivasiṣyasi mayyeva ata ūrdhvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||

Fix your mind on Me alone; let your intellect enter into Me. Thereafter you shall abide in Me alone — there is no doubt of this.

अथ चित्तं समाधातुं न शक्नोषि मयि स्थिरम् । अभ्यासयोगेन ततो मामिच्छाप्तुं धनञ्जय ॥

atha cittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram | abhyāsayogena tato māmicchāptuṃ dhanañjaya ||

If you are unable to fix your mind steadily on Me — then by the yoga of practice (abhyasa), seek to reach Me, O Dhananjaya.

अभ्यासेऽप्यसमर्थोऽसि मत्कर्मपरमो भव । मदर्थमपि कर्माणि कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि ॥

abhyāse'pyasamartho'si matkarmaparo bhava | madarthamapi karmāṇi kurvansiddhimavāpsyasi ||

If you are incapable even of this practice — then take to the performance of My work as the supreme. Even performing actions for My sake, you shall attain perfection.

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः । सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान् ॥

athaitadapyaśakto'si kartuṃ madyogamāśritaḥ | sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān ||

If you are unable to do even this — then, taking refuge in My yoga, abandon the fruits of all actions, with the self controlled.

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते । ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम् ॥

śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsājjñānāddḥyānaṃ viśiṣyate | dhyānātkarmaphalatyāgastyāgācchāntirānantvaram ||

Knowledge is indeed better than practice; meditation is better than knowledge; renunciation of fruit of action is better than meditation — from renunciation, peace immediately follows.

अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च । निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥

adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca | nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī ||

One who hates no creature, who is friendly and compassionate — free from 'I-ness' and 'mine-ness,' equal in pleasure and pain, forgiving —

सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः । मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥

santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ | mayyarpitamanobuddhiryo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||

Always content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, of firm conviction — with mind and intellect dedicated to Me, that devotee of Mine is dear to Me.

यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः । हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ॥

yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ | harṣāmarṣabhayodvegairmukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ ||

One from whom the world is not agitated and who is not agitated by the world — who is free from elation, envy, fear, and agitation — that one is dear to Me.

अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः । सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥

anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣa udāsīno gatavyathaḥ | sarvārambhaparityāgī yo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||

Expecting nothing, pure, expert, indifferent, without distress, having renounced all undertakings — that devotee of Mine is dear to Me.

यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति । शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः ॥

yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati | śubhāśubhaparityāgī bhaktimānyaḥ sa me priyaḥ ||

One who neither rejoices nor hates, who neither grieves nor desires — who has renounced both auspicious and inauspicious — full of devotion, that person is dear to Me.

समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः । शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥

samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānapamānayoḥ | śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ ||

Equal toward enemy and friend, and equal also in honor and dishonor — equal in cold and heat, pleasure and pain — free from attachment —

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् । अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥

tulyanindāstuturmanī santuṣṭo yena kenacit | aniketaḥ sthiramatirbhaktimānme priyo naraḥ ||

For whom blame and praise are equal — who is silent, content with anything, homeless, steady of mind — full of devotion, that person is dear to Me.

ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते । श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः ॥

ye tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate | śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktāste'tīva me priyāḥ ||

But those who, with faith, taking Me as supreme, follow this righteous nectar as declared — those devotees are exceedingly dear to Me.