Bhagavad Gita · 12.1
॥
Devanāgarī
अर्जुन उवाच ।
एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते ।
ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
arjuna uvāca |
evaṁ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāṁ paryupāsate |
ye cāpy akṣaram avyaktaṁ teṣāṁ ke yoga-vittamāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अर्जुनः उवाचarjunaḥ uvācaArjuna said.
एवम् सततयुक्ताःevam satata-yuktāḥthose who in this way (evam) are ever (satata) engaged (yuktāḥ).
ये भक्ताःye bhaktāḥthose devotees who.
त्वाम्tvāmYou [Your personal form].
पर्युपासतेparyupāsatethey worship.
ये च अपिye ca apiand those who also.
अक्षरम्akṣaramto the imperishable.
अव्यक्तम्avyaktamto the unmanifest.
तेषाम्teṣāmamong them.
केkewho?
योगवित्तमाःyoga-vit-tamāḥis the most perfect (-tamāḥ) in yoga (yoga-vit).
Translation
Arjuna said: “Who are considered more perfect in yoga: those who, as You have described, are ever engaged in devoted worship of You [in Your personal form], or those who worship the imperishable and unmanifest [impersonal Brahman]?”
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