अर्जुन उवाच । एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते । ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥ १ ॥
arjuna uvācha evaṁ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāṁ paryupāsate ye chāpy akṣharam avyaktaṁ teṣhāṁ ke yoga-vittamāḥ
Translation
Arjun said: Of those devotees who, ever steadfast, worship You in this way, and those who worship the imperishable, the unmanifest, which are the better knowers of yoga?
Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)
अर्जुन बोले: जो भक्त इस प्रकार निरंतर आपमें लगे रहकर आपकी उपासना करते हैं, और जो अविनाशी, अव्यक्त (निराकार) की उपासना करते हैं, उनमें से योग को उत्तम रूप से जानने वाले कौन हैं?
Commentary
Chapter 12, Bhakti Yoga, is, with chapter 15, the shortest in the Gita at twenty verses. It opens with a question that follows directly from the end of chapter 11. Krishna has just said that devotion to him is the way. But earlier chapters also praised meditation on the formless, imperishable Brahman. Arjun asks plainly which is better: loving God with form, or contemplating the formless.
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