Chapter 12 • Verse 1

Bhakti Yoga

The Yoga of Devotion

Sanskrit Verse

Arjuna uvācha: evaṁ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāṁ paryupāsate, ye chāpy akṣharam avyaktaṁ teṣhāṁ ke yoga-vittamāḥ

Translation & Meaning

Arjuna asked: Of those who are ever steadfast and worship You with devotion, and those who worship the imperishable unmanifest — which of them are better versed in yoga?

Key Teachings

  • Two paths to the divine: personal devotion and worship of the formless
  • Arjuna asks a profound comparative question
  • The question opens the heart of bhakti yoga

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