Chapter 12
Path of Devotion

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Introduction

[ om śrīparamātmane namaḥ ]
atha dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ.
[ bhaktiyogaḥ. ]

Note: It is recommended to include the salutation and the chapter name, when an individual chapter is being chanted.

Verse 1

arjuna uvāca
evaṁ satatayuktā ye
bhaktāstvāṁ paryupāsate
yecāpyakṣaramavyaktam
teṣāṁ ke yogavittamāḥ

Verse 2

śrībhagavānuvāca
mayyāveśya mano ye mām
nityayuktā upāsate
śraddhayā parayopetāḥ
te me yuktatamā matāḥ

Verse 3

ye tvakṣaramanirdeśyam
avyaktaṁ paryupāsate
sarvatragamacintyaṁ ca
kūṭasthamacalaṁ dhruvam

Verse 4

sanniyamyendriyagrāmam
sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ
te prāpnuvanti māmeva
sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ

Verse 5

kleśo'dhikatarasteṣām
avyaktāsaktacetasām
avyaktā hi gatirduḥkham
dehavadbhiravāpyate

Verse 6

ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi
mayi sannyasya matparāḥ
ananyenaiva yogena
māṁ dhyāyanta upāsate

Verse 7

teṣāmahaṁ samuddhartā
mṛtyusaṁsārasāgarāt
bhavāmi nacirātpārtha
mayyāveśitacetasām

Verse 8

mayyeva mana ādhatsva
mayi buddhiṁ niveśaya
nivasiṣyasi mayyeva
ata ūrdhvaṁ na saṁśayaḥ

Verse 9

atha cittaṁ samādhātum
na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram
abhyāsayogena tataḥ
māmicchāptuṁ dhanañjaya

Verse 10

abhyāse'pyasamartho'si
matkarmaparamo bhava
madarthamapi karmāṇi
kurvansiddhimavāpsyasi