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द्वादशोऽध्यायः CHAPTER XII.
[ In Chap. VII, the Blessed Lord has started an explanation of the Empirical and Spiritual Knowledge required for acquiring Perfection in Karmar Yoga; and in Chap. VIII, He has explained the form of the Immutable, Unshowable, and Imperceptible Brahman; and thereafter, He has started an explanation of the visible royal road in the shape of the Path of Devotion; and after having finished the Description of Manifestations (vrbhūtr-vurnana) and the showing of the Cosmic Form (reślar īpa-darsana), incidental to that path, in Chapters X and XI, He has, at the end of Chapter XI, advised Arjuna to perform all Actions with Devotion and unattachedly, as the ultimate summary of everything. Now Arjuna says: "After proving to me in Chapters VII and VIII that the Imperceptible form of the Parameśvara is the most superior one to be worshipped, from the point of view of the Mutable and the Immutable, for success in Karma-Yoga, You have prescribed to me the worship of the Imperceptible or the Immutable (7.19 and 24; 8. 21); and You have advised me to fight (8.7) with a mind steeped in Yoga (yukta-citia); and afterwards in Chap IX, after explaining to me the visible path of the worship of the Perceptible, You have asked me to perform all Actions with the idea of dedicating them to the Parameśvara (9. 27 and 34; and 11.55). Now which of these two paths is the better one?” In this question the 'worship of the Perceptible' means 'Devotion'. But, what is meant here is not Devotion to different objects of worship, and it is explained that the true worship of the Perceptible is the Davotion, according to which, there is only one All-Pervasive Parameśvara in all symbols or objects of worship, whatever symbol or object is taken for worship; and that is the kind of Devotion advocated in this chapter.]
