Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Bhagavad Gita
Arjuna asked
1. I want to know which is the best of these two
Those always engaged in service to You
Or those who worship the impersonal Brahman
The unmanifested unknowable One
Lord Krsna said
2. One who is fixed on my Personality
And is always engaged in worshiping Me
With great and transcendent faith in the goal
I consider to be the most perfect soul
- But those who worship Me as impersonal
As the unchanging, fixed and immovable
Who are self controlled and treat all equally
After many births will surrender to Me
- For those who want to realize the Supreme
As impersonal and formless, not shown, not seen
There will be trouble to achieve this goal
This path is hard for the embodied soul
6-7. But those who worship Me, giving up all their fruits
Devoted to me without other pursuits,
Thinking of Me and serving with devotion,
I swiftly deliver from the birth and death ocean
8-9. Fix your mind on Me, the Lord of all that be
Thus, without a doubt, you will always live in Me
But if you can’t think of Me without deviation
Then practice devotion in every situation
10-11. If this cannot be done, then just work for Me
In this way perfection will come gradually
But if you can’t work as I’ve described,
Work for a good cause and be satisfied
- One who is a friend to every entity
Who’s not envious and from false ego is free
Who sees joy and pain with an equal eye
Who is tolerant and always satisfied
- Who is self controlled and serves with devotion
Whose determination is deep as an ocean
Whose mind is fixed and intelligence is clear
To Me such a devotee is very dear
- To others he is never troublesome
And is never disturbed by anyone
He is equal in anxiety and fear
To Me such a devotee is very dear
- My devotee can live with more or with less
He has no cares, and is free from distress
He is renounced in all activity
Such a devotee is very dear to Me
- One who neither rejoices or grieves,
Nor laments or desires or has any needs
Who the good and bad affect equally
Such a devotee is very dear to Me
18 -19. One who is equal to enemies and friends
Always satisfied with whatever God sends
Self-controlled both in fame and infamy
Such a person is very dear to Me
- Those who follow this devotional path
Which has always existed and will always last
Who engage with faith, making Me the goal
Are very very dear to Me, this you should know
