Bhagavad Gita · Bhakti YogaAdhyaay 12, Shloka 1 (12.1)
Mool 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
Anuvaad
Arjuna ne kaha: "Jo bhakt is prakaar nirantar jude rehkar aapki upaasana karte hain, aur jo avyakt akshar ki upaasana karte hain — in dono mein shreshth yogi kaun hain?"
Bhaavaarth
Shankaracharya. evam iti atītānantaraślokena uktam arthaṃ parāmṛśati — "evam" = 11.55 ka arth; tvāṃ yathādarśitaṃ viśvarūpaṃ paryupāsate — vishvaroop ke upaasak; aur doosre: tyaktasarvaiṣaṇāḥ saṃnyastasarvakarmāṇaḥ … brahma akṣaraṃ nirastasarvopādhitvāt avyaktam akaraṇagocaram — sab ichchhaaein aur karm tyaage, sab upaadhi-rahit, indriyon se pare akshar brahm ke upaasak.
Aacharya Ramanuja. tvāṃ … anavadhikātiśayasaundaryasauśīlya…anantaguṇasāgaraṃ paripūrṇam upāsate — aapke anant gunon ke saagar roop ki upaasana; akṣaraṃ pratyagātmasvarūpaṃ — akshar = pratyag-aatma (jeev ka shuddh svaroop); ke svasādhyaṃ prati śīghragāminaḥ — "yogavittama" = kaun apne lakshya tak jaldi pahunchta hai (12.7 ka na cirāt).