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GITA-RAHASYA OR KARMA-YOGA
___ अर्जुन उवाच । ६ एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते। ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः॥१॥
श्रीभगवानुवाच । $मय्यावश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।
श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः॥२॥ ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते। सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यं च कूटस्थमचलं ध्रुवम् ॥ ३॥ संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः। ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः॥४॥ क्लेशोऽधिकतरस्तेषामव्यक्तासक्तचेतसाम् । अव्यक्ता हि गतिर्दुःखं देहवद्भिरवाप्यते ॥५॥ ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः।
अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते ॥६॥ Arjuna siid:-(1) Who are the better knowers of (Karma-) Yoga, those devotees who, always becoming yukta (that is, Yoga-yukla) worship You, or those, who worship the aksara (that is, Brahman)?
The Blessed Lord said:-(2) In My opinion, those who, keeping their minds on Me, and becoming yukta-citta (that is, mind-united-Trans.) worship Me, with the highest Devotion, are the best yukta' (that is, Yogins). (3) But those, who worship the akşara (that is, the Brahman), Which is 'anirdesya' (that is, Which cannot be actually shown), Imperceptible, All-pervading, Unimaginable, 'kūtastha' {that is, Which is at the root of everything ), Unmoving and Non-transient, (4) after having controlled their senses and become equable-minded towards everything, such (persons too), who are engrossed in the welfare of all beings, also come and reach Me. (5) Nevertheless, as their mind is attached to the Imperceptible, their task is more arduous; because (to men, who dwell in a perceptible body) the path of worship of the Imperceptible becomes successful with difficulty. (6) But those, who worship Me, making a
