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Chapter 12: Bhakti Yoga
भक्तियोग
The Yoga of Devotion
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Chapter 12, Verse 1
अध्याय 12, श्लोक 1
श्लोक (Shlok)
अर्जुन उवाच एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते। येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः।।12.1।।
arjuna uvāca evaṁ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāṁ paryupāsate ye cāpy akṣaram avyaktaṁ teṣāṁ ke yoga-vittamāḥ
Translation
Arjuna inquired: Which are considered to be more perfect, those who are always properly engaged in Your devotional service or those who worship the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifested?
Word by Word Meaning
एवम्
thus
सततयुक्ताः
ever steadfast
ये
who
भक्ताः
devotees
त्वाम्
Thee
पर्युपासते
worship
ये
who
च
and
अपि
also
अक्षरम्
the imperishable
अव्यक्तम्
the unmanifested
तेषाम्
of them
के
who
योगवित्तमाः
better versed in Yoga