atha dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ Chapter 12

arjuna uvāca
1 evaṃ satata-yuktā ye bhaktāstvāṃ paryupāsate । ye cāpyakṣaramavyaktaṃ teṣāṃ ke yoga-vittamāḥ ॥
bhagavān uvāca
2 mayyāveśya mano ye māṃ nitya-yuktā upāsate । śraddhayā parayopetāḥ te me yukta-tamā matāḥ ॥
3 ye tvakṣaramanirdeśyaṃ avyaktaṃ paryupāsate । sarvatra-gamacintyaṃ ca kūṭa-sthamacalaṃ dhruvam ॥
4 sanniyamyendriya-grāmaṃ sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ । te prāpnuvanti māmeva sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ ॥
5 kleśo'dhika-tarasteṣāṃ avyaktāsakta-cetasām । avyaktā hi gatirduḥkhaṃ deha-vadbhiravāpyate ॥
6 ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi saṃnyasya mat-parāḥ । ananyenaiva yogena māṃ dhyāyanta upāsate ॥
7 teṣāmahaṃ samuddhartā mṛtyu-saṃsāra-sāgarāt । bhavāmi na-cirāt pārtha mayyāveśita-cetasām ॥
8 mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya । nivasiṣyasi mayyeva ata ūrdhvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ॥
9 atha cittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram । abhyāsa-yogena tato māmicchāsptuṃ dhanaṃ-jaya ॥
10 abhyāse'pyasamartho'si mat-karma-paramo bhava । madarthamapi karmāṇi kurvan siddhimavāpsyasi ॥
11 athaitadapyaśakto'si kartuṃ madyogamāśritaḥ । sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṃ tataḥ kuru yatātma-vān ॥
12 śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsāt jñānād dhyānaṃ viśiṣyate । dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgaḥ tyāgācchāntiranantaram ॥
13 adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca । nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī ॥
14 santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ । mayyarpita-mano-buddhiḥ yo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ ॥
15 yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ । harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegaiḥ mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ ॥
16 anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣaḥ udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ । sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me prriyaḥ ॥
17 yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati । śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhakti-mān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ ॥
18 samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpa-mānayoḥ । śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅga-vivarjitaḥ ॥
19 tulya-nindā-stutirmaunī santuṣṭo yena-kena-cit । aniketaḥ sthira-matiḥ bhakti-mān me priyo naraḥ ॥
20 ye tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate । śraddadhānā mat-paramāḥ bhaktāste'tīva me priyāḥ ॥

iti dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ