This chapter discusses Bhakti yoga or devotion as a means of attaining liberation.How to worship God & what are the characteristics of a good devotee.

1. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
T. K. G. NAMBOODHIRI
THIRUVALLA, KERALA
INDIA

2. BHAGAVAD GITA – THE DIVINE
SONG-An Introduction
 Bhagavad Gita-Part of the
Sanskrit Epic
Mahabhaaratha.(200 BC to 200
AD)
 700 verses in 18 chapters.
 A conversation between Lord
Krishna and his close friend
Arjuna in the middle of the
battlefield just before the start
of the Kurukshetra battle.
 Arjuna loses his heart and
refuses to fight his teachers
and relatives, and Krishna
revives him by his wise words
of wisdom.
TKG Namboodhiri

3. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
CHAPTER 12
BHAKTHI YOGA
THE YOGA OF DEVOTION
TKG Namboodhiri

4. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
MAYYAAVE’SYA MANO YE’ MAAM NITHYAYUKTHAA
UPAASATHE’, SRADHAYAA PARAYOPE’THAASTHE’ ME’
YUKTHATHAMAA MATHAH. (12.2)
The best integrated are those devotees
who concentrate on Me & worship Me
with absolute faith & remain integrated
always.
TKG Namboodhiri

5. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
YE’ THWAKSHARAM ANIRDDE’SYAM AVYAKTHAM
PARYUPAASATHE’, SARVATHRAGAMACHINTHYAM CHA
KOOTASTHAMACHALAM DHRUVAM. (12.3)
Some worship elaborately the Imperishable, the
ineffable, the Unmanifest, the Omnipresent, the
imponderable, the Immutable, & they attain Me
indeed.
TKG Namboodhiri

6. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
KLE’SO
ADHIKATHARASTHE’SHAAMAVYAKTHAASAKTHA
CHE’THASAAM, AVYAKTHAA HI GATHIRDUKHAM
DE’HAVADBHIRAVAAPYATHE’. (12.5)
But those who set their mind on the
Unmanifest toil harder because embodied
beings find it hard to tread the path of the
Unmanifest.
TKG Namboodhiri

7. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
YE’ THU SARVAANI KARMAANI MAYI SAMNYASYA
MATHPARAH, ANANYE’NAIVA YOGE’NA MAAM
DHYAAYANTHA UPAASATHE, THE’SHAAMAHAM
SAMUDDHARTHAA MRITHYU SAMSAARA SAAGARATH.
(12.6&7)
Those, however, who surrender all work to Me,
make Me their supreme goal & worship Me,
meditating on Me in a state of undivided union,
I shall soon deliver from the sea of life & death.
TKG Namboodhiri

8. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
MAYYE’VA MANA AADHATHSWA MAYI BUDHIM
NIVE’SAYA, NIVASISYASI MAYYE’VA ATHA
OORDHWAM NA SAMSAYAH. (12.8)
Therefore, fix your mind on Me alone, let
your intelligence be absorbed in Me;
henceforth, you will dwell, without doubt,
in Me alone.
TKG Namboodhiri

9. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
ATHA CHITHTHAM SAMAADHAATHUM NA SAKNOSHI
MAYI STHIRAM, ABHYAASAYOGE’NA THATHO
MAAMICHCHAAPTHUM DHANANJAYA. (12.9)
If you are unable to concentrate your
mind steadfastly on Me, Arjuna, try to
reach out to Me through repeated
efforts.
TKG Namboodhiri

10. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
ABHYAASO APYASAMARTHO ASI
MATHKARMAPARAMO BHAVA, MADARTHAMAPI
KARMAANI KURVAN SIDHI MAVAAPSYASI. (12.10)
If you cannot make even these repeated
efforts, devote yourself wholly to My
work. Even by doing work for My sake you
will achieve perfection
TKG Namboodhiri

11. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
ATHYTHADAPYASAKTHO ASI KARTHUM
MADYOGAMAASRITHAH, SARVAKARMA PHALA
THYAAGAM THATHAH KURU YATHAATHMAVAAN.
(12.11)
If you are unable even to work for My
sake, then, with self-control, renounce the
fruits of all work you do.
TKG Namboodhiri

12. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
SRE’YO HI JNAANAM ABHYAASAATH JNAANAAD
DHYAANAM VISISHYATHE’, DHYAANATH KARMA PHALA
THYAAGASTHYAAGAACHCHAANTHIR ANANTHARAM.
(12.12)
Knowledge of self is better than practice,
meditation is better than self-knowledge, &
renunciation of the fruits of action is better
than even mediation. From renunciation you
attain mental peace immediately
TKG Namboodhiri

13. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
IN THE NEXT 7 VERSES, THE LORD DESCRIBES THE QUALITIES OF
HIS DEVOTEE:
ADWE’SHTO SARVA BHOOTHAANAM MAITHRAH KARUNA
EVA CHA, NIRMAMO NIRAHANKAARAH
SAMADUKHASUKHAH KSHAMEE. (12,13)
He hates none, friendly & compassionate, without
sense of possession & egoism, treats pleasure & pain
equally, & is long-suffering (does not react
emotionally even when abused)
TKG Namboodhiri

14. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
SANTHUSHTAH SATHATHAM YOGEE YATHAATHMAA
DRIDHANISCHAYAH, MAYYARPITHA MANOBUDHIRYO
MADBHAKTHAH SA ME’ PRIYAH. (12.14)
Continuously happy, integrated, self-
disciplined & of steadfast resolve & with
his mind & intellect steeped Me, My
devotee is dear to Me.
TKG Namboodhiri

15. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
YASMAANNODWIJATHE’ LOKO LOKAANNODWIJATHE’
CHA YAH, HARSHAAMARSHABHAYO DWEGYR
MUKTHO YAH SA CHA ME’ PRIYA. (12.15)
From him the world does not shrink, nor
does he shrink from the world. He is free
from elation, intolerance, fear & agitation.
He is dear to Me.
TKG Namboodhiri

16. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
ANAPE’KSHAH SUCHIRDDAKSHA UDAASEENO
GATHAVYATHAH, SARVAARAMBHA PARITHYAAGEE YO
MADBHAKTHAH SA ME’ PRIYA. (12.16)
Dear to Me is My devotee who craves not,
is pure, adept, indifferent, unworried &
who shuns all undertakings.
TKG Namboodhiri

17. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
YO NA HRISHYATHI NA DWESHTI NA SOCHATHI NA
KAAMKSHATHI, SUBHAASUBHAPARITHYAAGEE
BHAKTHIMAAN YAH SA ME’ PRIYA. (12.17)
He is not elated, does not hate, grieve, or
desire. He has given up both good and
evil. Such a devotee is dear to Me.
TKG Namboodhiri

18. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
SAMAH SATHRAU CHA MITHRE’ CHA THATHA
MAANAAPAMAANAYOH
SEETHOSHNASUKHADUKHE’SHU SAMAH
SANGAVIVARJITHAH. (12.18)
He is the same towards friend & foe as also in
honour & dishonour; the same in cold &
warmth, pleasure & pain, because, he is
detached.
TKG Namboodhiri

19. Gems
of
Bhagavad Gita
THULYANINDAASTHUTHIRMAUNI SANTHUSHTO YE’NA
KE’NACHITH, ANIKE’THAH
STHIRMATHIRBHAKTHIMAANME’ PRIYO NARAH.
(12.19)
He treats alike contempt & praise; is silent,
content with whatever accrues; he is without a
permanent home, & steadfast. Such a devotee
is dear to Me.
TKG Namboodhiri