12.12 श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्
śreyo hi jñānam
Word meanings
śhreyaḥ—better;hi—for;jñānam—knowledge;abhyāsāt—than (mechanical) practice;jñānāt—than knowledge;dhyānam—meditation;viśhiṣhyate—better;dhyānāt—than meditation;karma-phala-tyāgaḥ—renunciation of the fruits of actions;tyāgāt—renunciation;śhāntiḥ—peace;anantaram—immediately
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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For, knowledge is superior to practice; due to knowledge, meditation becomes pre-eminent; from meditation arises the renunciation of the fruits of actions; and peace follows renunciation.
Knowledge is superior to blind action, meditation to mere knowledge, renunciation of the fruit of action to meditation, and where there is renunciation peace will follow.
Far better is knowledge of the self then the repeated practice (of remembrance of the Lord). Better is meditation than this knowledge; Better is renunciation of fruits of action than meditation. From such renunciation, peace ensues.
Knowledge is surely superior to practice; meditation surpasses knowledge. The renunciation of the results of works (excels) meditation. From renunciation, Peace follows immediately.
Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge meditation is better; than meditation the renunciation of the fruits of actions; peace immediately follows renunciation.
12.14 सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः।मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः
santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yat
Word meanings
santuṣhṭaḥ—contented;satatam—steadily;yogī—united in devotion;yata-ātmā—self-controlled;dṛiḍha-niśhchayaḥ—firm in conviction;mayi—to me;arpita—dedicated;manaḥ—mind;buddhiḥ—intellect;yaḥ—who;mat-bhaktaḥ—My devotees;saḥ—they;me—to Me;priyaḥ—very dear
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Who remains well-content and is a practitioner of Yoga at all times; who is self-controlled and is firmly resolute; and who has offered to Me their mind and intellect-that devotee of Mine is dear to Me.
Always contented, self-centred, self-controlled, resolute, with mind and reason dedicated to Me, such a devotee of Mine is My beloved.
He who is content, who ever meditates and is self-restrained and who is firm in his convictions, who has his mind and reason dedicated to Me - he is dear to Me.
He who is ever content, who is a yogi, who has self-control, who has firm conviction, who has dedicated his mind and intellect to Me-he who is such a devotee of Mine is dear to Me.
Ever content, steady in meditation, possessed of firm conviction, self-controlled, with mind and intellect dedicated to Me, he, My devotee, is dear to Me.
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भक्तियोग
Chapter 12: Bhakti Yoga
bhaktiyoga
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12.13 अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च।निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी
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Word meanings
adveṣhṭā—free from malice;sarva-bhūtānām—toward all living beings;maitraḥ—friendly;karuṇaḥ—compassionate;eva—indeed;cha—and;nirmamaḥ—free from attachment to possession;nirahankāraḥ—free from egoism;sama—equipoised;duḥkha—distress;sukhaḥ—happiness;kṣhamī—forgiving
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He, who is not a hater but a compassionate friend of every being; who is free from the sense of 'mine' and the sense of 'I'; who is even-minded in pain and pleasure and is endowed with forbearance;
He who is incapable of hatred towards any being, who is kind and compassionate, free from selfishness, without pride, equable in pleasure and in pain, and forgiving,
He who never hates any being, who is friendly and compassionate, who is free from the feelings of I and mine, who looks upon all pain and pleasure the same as and who is enduring;
He who is not hateful towards any creature, who is friendly and compassionate, who has no idea of 'mine' and the idea of egoism, who is the same under sorrow and happiness, who is forgiving;
He who hates no creature, who is friendly and compassionate to all, who is free from attachment and egoism, balanced in pleasure and pain, and forgiving,
