Bhagavad Gita · Bhakti YogaChapter 12, Shloka 1 (12.1)
Original Sanskrit · अर्जुनः
अर्जुन उवाच
एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते
ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः
॥ 12.1 ॥
evaṃ satatayuktā ye bhaktāstvāṃ paryupāsate
ye cāpyakṣaramavyaktaṃ teṣāṃ ke yogavittamāḥ
Translation
Arjuna said: "Those devotees who, ever united in this way, worship you, and those who worship the unmanifest imperishable — which of the two are the better knowers of yoga?"
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. evam iti atītānantaraślokena uktam arthaṃ parāmṛśati — "evam" (thus) = the sense of 11.55; tvāṃ yathādarśitaṃ viśvarūpaṃ paryupāsate — worshippers of the cosmic form; and the others: tyaktasarvaiṣaṇāḥ saṃnyastasarvakarmāṇaḥ … brahma akṣaraṃ nirastasarvopādhitvāt avyaktam akaraṇagocaram — those who have given up all desires and actions and worship the imperishable Brahman, free of every limiting adjunct and beyond the senses.
Acharya Ramanuja. tvāṃ … anavadhikātiśayasaundaryasauśīlya…anantaguṇasāgaraṃ paripūrṇam upāsate — they worship your form, an ocean of infinite qualities; akṣaraṃ pratyagātmasvarūpaṃ — the imperishable = the pratyag-atma (the pure nature of the individual self); ke svasādhyaṃ prati śīghragāminaḥ — "yogavittama" = who reaches their goal more quickly (the na cirāt of 12.7).
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.