Bhakti Arohan
ॐ

Bhagavad Gita — Chapter 12, Verse 3

Bhakti Yoga

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते । सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यञ्च कूटस्थमचलन्ध्रुवम् ॥ ३ ॥

ye tv akṣharam anirdeśhyam avyaktaṁ paryupāsate sarvatra-gam achintyañcha kūṭa-stham achalandhruvam

Translation

But those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, all-pervading and unthinkable, the unchanging, immovable and eternal,

Hindi Meaning (हिंदी अर्थ)

परंतु जो अविनाशी, अनिर्देश्य (जिसका वर्णन न हो सके), अव्यक्त, सर्वव्यापी, अचिंत्य, कूटस्थ (अपरिवर्तनशील), अचल और ध्रुव (नित्य) की उपासना करते हैं,

Commentary

Krishna now describes the other path fairly and in detail. The list of qualities is almost entirely negative, describing what the Absolute is not: not describable, not visible, not thinkable, not moving. Kuta-stha literally means "standing like an anvil," unaffected while everything is shaped upon it. The sentence continues into verse 4.

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