Bhakti Yoga

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11. If thou art unable to do even this, then refuged in devotion to Me, do thou

abandon the fruits of all actions, self controlled.

 

12. Better indeed is knowledge than practice; than knowledge is meditation more

esteemed; than meditation the abandonment of the fruits of actions; on

abandonment, peace follows immediately.

 

13-14. He who hates no single being, who is friendly and compassionate to all,

who is free from attachment and egoism, to whom pain and pleasure are equal, who

is enduring, ever content and balanced in mind, self-controlled and possessed of

firm conviction, whose thought and reason are directed to Me, he who is (thus)

devoted to Me is dear to Me.

 

15. He by whom the world is not afflicted and who is not afflicted by the world,

who is free from joy, envy, fear and sorrow, he is dear to Me.

 

16. He who is free from wants, who is pure, clever, unconcerned, untroubled,

renouncing all undertakings, he who is (thus) devoted to Me is dear to Me.

 

17. He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing

good and evil, he who is full of devotion is dear to Me.

 

18-19. He who is the same to foe and friend and also in honour and dishonour;

who is the same in cold and heat, in pleasure and pain; who is free from

attachment; to whom censure and praise are equal; who is silent, content with

anything, homeless, steady-minded, full of devotion; that man is dear to me.

 

20. They, verily, who follow this immortal Law described above, endued with

faith, looking up to me as the Supreme and devoted, they are exceedingly dear to

Me.