ଶ୍ରୀମଦ୍ଭଗଵଦ୍ଗୀତା ମୂଲମ୍ - ଦ୍ଵାଦଶୋଽଧ୍ଯାଯଃ

Those devotees who, eversteadfast, thus worship you, and also those who worship the imperishable, the unmanifested --- which of them are better versed in YOGA?

The Blessed Lord said: Those who, fixing their mind on Me, worship Me, ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith, these, in my opinion, are the best in YOGA.

Those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the omnipresent, the unthinkable. the unchangeable. the immovable and the eternal,...

Having restrained all the senses, even-minded everywhere, rejoicing ever in the welfare of all beings --- verily theyalso come unto Me.

Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the Unmanifest; for the goal, the Unmanifest, is very hard for the embodied to reach.

But those who worship Me, renouncing all actions in Me, regarding Me as the Supreme Goal, meditating on Me with single-minded devotion (YOGA)...

For them, whose minds are set on Me, verily I become, ere-long, O Partha, the Saviour, (to save them) out of the ocean of finite experiences; the SAMSARA.

Fix your mind on Me only, place your intellect in Me; then, (thereafter) you shall, no doubt, live in Me alone.

If you are unable to fix your mind steadily upon Me, then by the YOGA -of constant-practice, seek to reach Me, O Dhananjaya.

If you are unable even to practise ABHYASA-YOGA, be you intent on performing actions for My sake; even by doing actions for My sake, you shall attain perfection.

If you are unable to do even this, then taking refuge in Me, self-controlled, renounce the fruits-of-all-actions.

Knowledge is indeed better than practice; meditation is better than knowledge; renunciation of the fruits-of-actions is better than meditation; peace immediately follows renunciation.

He who hates no creature, who is friendly and compassionate to all, who is free from attachment and egoism, balanced in pleasure and pain, and forgiving...

Ever content, steady in meditation, self-controlled, possessed of firm conviction, with mind and intellect dedicated to Me, he, My devotee, is dear to me.

He by whom the world is not agitated (affected), and who cannot be agitated by the world, who is freed from joy, envy, fear, and anxiety --- he is dear to me.

He who is free from wants, pure, alert, unconcerned, untroubled, renouncing all undertakings (or commencements) --- he who is (thus) devoted to Me, is dear to Me.

He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing good and evil, full of devotion, is dear to Me.

He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honour and dishonour, who is the same in cold and heat and in pleasure and pain, who is free from attachment...

To whom censure and praise are equal, who is silent, content with anything, homeless, steady-minded, full of devotion --- that man is dear to Me.

They indeed, who follow this Immortal DHARMA (Law of Life) as described above, endowed with faith, regarding Me as their Supreme Goal --- such devotees are exceedingly dear to Me. Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the twelfth discourse entitled "The Yoga of Devotion."