Chapter 12 · Bhakti Yoga

Shloka 12.11

Lesson 480 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Qualities and practices of devotion. Which qualities make devotion steady, practical and transformative?

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Shloka · Devanagari

अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः कुरु यतात्मवान्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

athaitad apy aśhakto ’si kartuṁ mad-yogam āśhritaḥsarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān

Sandhi-vicheda

atha+etat+api+aśhaktaḥ+asi+kartum+mad-yogam+āśhritaḥ+sarva-karma+phala-tyāgam+tataḥ+kuru+yata-ātma-vān

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Meaning of each word

athasource form

etatsource form

this

apisource form

even

aśhaktaḥsource form

unable

asisource form

you are

kartumsource form

to work

mad-yogamsource form

with devotion to me

āśhritaḥsource form

taking refuge

sarva-karmasource form

of all actions

phala-tyāgamsource form

to renounce the fruits

tataḥsource form

then

kurusource form

yata-ātma-vānsource form

be situated in the self

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।12.11।। --,अथ पुनः एतदपि यत् उक्तं मत्कर्मपरमत्वम्? तत् कर्तुम् अशक्तः असि? मद्योगम् आश्रितः मयि क्रियमाणानि कर्माणि संन्यस्य यत् करणं तेषाम् अनुष्ठानं सः मद्योगः? तम् आश्रितः सन्? सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं सर्वेषां कर्मणां फलसंन्यासं सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं ततः अनन्तरं कुरु यतात्मवान् संयतचित्तः सन् इत्यर्थः।।इदानीं सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं स्तौति --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 12.11

Course position480 / 701

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