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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

and

अपि

also

अक्षरम्

the imperishable

अव्यक्तम्

the unmanifested

तेषाम्

of them

के

who

योगवित्तमाः

better versed in Yoga