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Chapter XII20 verses

अथ द्वादशोऽध्यायः

भक्तियोगः

The Yoga of Devotion

Bhakti-yoga

Repose all thy mind in the Beloved and lodge thy understanding in him, and swiftly he will lift thee out of the sea of death into the secure bosom of the Eternal. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
viśvarūpa — the All-Form seen, too vast yet for the unready heart
and is led towards
madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ — the lover, equal to all, who is dear to God
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Summary of chapter 12

The way and the Bhakta - In the eleventh chapter the original object of the teaching has been achieved and brought up to a certain completeness. What remains still to be said tums upon the difference between the current Vedantic view of spiritual liberation and the larger comprehensive freedom which the teaching of the Gita opens to the spirit. The twelfth chapter leads up to this remaining knowledge and the last six that follow develop it to a grand final conclusion.

Chapter 12 illustration, titled भक्तियोगः
Illustration · Sushanto Nath, Sri Aurobindo Society

Chapter outline

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  1. 12·1–8Arjuna's inquiry and Shri Krishna's advice regarding approaches to the Unmanifest Transcendent and the Manifest Divine.
  2. 12·9–12Alternative steps in sédhané.
  3. 12·13–20The characteristics of the God-lovers whom the Divine loves.
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The verses

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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 12·13, a key verseअद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च । निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥ १३ ॥adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca, nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī.He who has no egoism, no I-ness and my-ness, who has friendship and pity for all beings and hate for no living…
  2. 12·14सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः । मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥ १४ ॥santuṣṭaḥ satataṁ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ, mayyarpitamanobuddhiryo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ.He who has a desireless content, the steadfast control of self and the firm unshakable will and resolution of…
  3. 12·15, a key verseयस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः । हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ॥ १५ ॥yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ, harṣāmarṣabhayodvegairmukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ.He by whom the world is not afflicted or troubled, who also is not afflicted or troubled by the world, who is…
  4. 12·16अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः । सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥ १६ ॥anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣa udāsīno gatavyathaḥ, sarvārambhaparityāgī yo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ.He who desires nothing, is pure, skillful in all actions, indifferent to whatever comes, not pained or…
  5. 12·17यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति । शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः ॥ १७ ॥yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati, śubhāśubhaparityāgī bhaktimānyaḥ sa me priyaḥ.He who neither desires the pleasant and rejoices at its touch nor abhors the unpleasant and sorrows at its…
  6. 12·18समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः । शीतोष्णसुखदुःखेषु समः सङ्गविवर्जितः ॥ १८ ॥samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ, śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ.Equal to friend and enemy, equal to honour and insult, pleasure and pain, praise and blame, grief and…
  7. 12·19तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् । अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥ १९ ॥tulyanindāstutirmaunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit, aniketaḥ sthiramatirbhaktimānme priyo naraḥ.Silent, content and well-satisfied with anything and everything, not attached to place or home, firm in mind…
  8. 12·20, a key verseये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते । श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः ॥ २० ॥ye tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṁ yathoktaṁ paryupāsate, śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktāste’tīva me priyāḥ.But exceedingly dear to Me are those devotees who make Me (the Purushottama) their one supreme aim and follow…
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End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेभक्तियोगो नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः ॥ १२॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādebhaktiyogo nāma dvādaśo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the twelfth chapter entitled “The Yoga of Devotion”

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