Bhagavad Gita
Bhakti-yoga (The Yoga of Devotional Service)12.3-4
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Bhagavad Gita · 12.3-4
Devanāgarī

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते ।
सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम् ॥
संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः ।
ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

ye tv akṣaram anirdeśyam avyaktaṁ paryupāsate |
sarvatragaṁ acintyaṁ ca kūṭastham acalaṁ dhruvam ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ये तुye tubut those who.
अक्षरम्akṣaramto the imperishable, the unfailing.
अनिर्देश्यम्anirdeśyamto the indescribable, the indefinable.
अव्यक्तम्avyaktamto the unmanifest.
पर्युपासतेparyupāsatethey worship.
सर्वत्रगम्sarvatra-gamto the all-pervading.
अचिन्त्यम् चacintyam caand to the inconceivable.
कूटस्थम्kūṭasthamto the unchanging.
अचलम् ध्रुवम्acalam dhruvamto the immovable and the constant.
संनियम्यsanniyamyafully restraining.
इन्द्रियग्रामम्indriya-grāmamthe whole aggregate of the senses.
सर्वत्रsarvatraeverywhere, toward all.
समबुद्धयःsama-buddhayaḥthose who regard all alike.
तेtethey.
प्राप्नुवन्तिprāpnuvantithey attain.
माम् एवmām evaMe alone, Me indeed.
सर्वभूतहिते रताःsarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥthose who are engaged (ratāḥ) in works for the welfare (hite) of all (sarva) beings (bhūta).
Translation

“But those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the all-pervading, the inconceivable, the unchanging, the immovable and the eternal [impersonal Brahman], (3) fully restraining all their senses, regarding all alike and taking delight in the welfare of all living beings — they too ultimately attain Me. (4)”

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