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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 12 · Bhakti Yoga

Shloka 12.1

Lesson 470 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

अर्जुन उवाचएवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते।येचाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

arjuna uvāchaevaṁ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāṁ paryupāsateye chāpy akṣharam avyaktaṁ teṣhāṁ ke yoga-vittamāḥ

Sandhi-vicheda

arjunaḥ uvācha+evam+satata+yuktāḥ+ye+bhaktāḥ+tvām+paryupāsate+ye+cha+api+akṣharam+avyaktam+teṣhām+ke+yoga-vit-tamāḥ

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Meaning of each word

arjunaḥ uvāchasource form

Arjun said

evamsource form

thus

satatasource form

steadfastly

yuktāḥsource form

devoted

yesource form

those

bhaktāḥsource form

devotees

tvāmsource form

you

paryupāsatesource form

worship

yesource form

those

chasource form

and

apisource form

also

akṣharamsource form

the imperishable

avyaktamsource form

the formless Brahman

teṣhāmsource form

of them

kesource form

who

yoga-vit-tamāḥsource form

more perfect in Yog

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

।।12.1।। --,एवम् इति अतीतानन्तरश्लोकेन उक्तम् अर्थं परामृशति मत्कर्मकृत् इत्यादिना। एवं सततयुक्ताः? नैरन्तर्येण भगवत्कर्मादौ यथोक्ते अर्थे समाहिताः सन्तः प्रवृत्ता इत्यर्थः। ये भक्ताः अनन्यशरणाः सन्तः त्वां यथादर्शितं विश्वरूपं पर्युपासते ध्यायन्ति ये चान्येऽपि त्यक्तसर्वैषणाः संन्यस्तसर्वकर्माणः यथाविशेषितं ब्रह्म अक्षरं निरस्तसर्वोपाधित्वात् अव्यक्तम् अकरणगोचरम्। यत् हि करणगोचरं तत् व्यक्तम् उच्यते? अञ्जेः धातोः तत्कर्मकत्वात् इदं तु अक्षरं तद्विपरीतम्? शिष्टैश्च उच्यमानैः विशेषणैः विशिष्टम्? तत् ये चापि पर्युपासते? तेषाम् उभयेषां मध्ये के योगवित्तमाः के अतिशयेन योगविदः इत्यर्थः।।श्रीभगवान् उवाच -- ये तु अक्षरोपासकाः सम्यग्दर्शिनः निवृत्तैषणाः? ते तावत् तिष्ठन्तु तान् प्रति यत् वक्तव्यम्? तत् उपरिष्टात् वक्ष्यामः। ये तु इतरे --,श्रीभगवानुवाच --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 12.1

Course position470 / 701

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