12:1: Arjuna asked, 'Who is the most knowledgeable in yoga, those who are always yoked to You through devotion, or those who are yoked to the transcendent, Unmanifested? '
12:2: Shri Krishna [the Blessed One] replied: Those who fix their minds upon Me and are always yoked to My worship with faith [sraddhaya], being so transcendentally endowed, I consider the most knowledgeable in yoga.
12:3, 4: But those who properly and steadfastly worship the imperishable, Indefinable, unmanifested, omnipresent, inconceivable, unchanging, immovable transcendent Unmanifest, restraining all the senses, being equal-minded and always delighting in the welfare of others, they also attain Me.
12:5: However, it is more troublesome for those whose minds are attached to the Unmanifested. The embodied being who has the Unmanifested as the goal only attains after great suffering.
12:6-8: But those whose actions are renounced unto Me, who are single-mindedly bent on Me through meditation, [such people] truly worship Me.
Of them, I quickly become the deliverer from death and the ocean of rebirth and material existence, [all] of those whose minds are fixed on Me.
So establish your mind only upon Me, apply your intelligence unto Me, and you will truly live in Me in the hereafter. There is no doubt about this.
12:9: If you cannot fix your mind firmly upon Me, then, by constant devotion (Abhyasa-Yoga), desire to reach Me, O Arjuna [Dhananjaya].
12:10: If after practicing such devotion [bhakti yoga] you are still unsuccessful, then perform your actions as My supreme activities [as karma-yoga], for My use, and you will achieve perfection.
12:11: If this also you cannot perform, take refuge in Me, renounce the fruits of your activities, and restrain yourself.
12:12: Knowledge [jnana yoga] is better than constant (formal or ritual) practice. Meditation [dhyana yoga] surpasses knowledge, and renunciation of fruitive activities [karma yoga] transcends meditation [dhyana yoga]. Such renunciation results in peace.
2:13, 14: Free from malice towards all living beings, friendly, compassionate, without possessiveness, devoid of ego consciousness, dispassionate in suffering and pleasure, always forgiving, always content, an adept is self-restrained, the mind is determined, and the intellect is rooted in Me. Such a person is My devotee [bhakti] and is very dear to Me.
12:15: One by whom the world is not disturbed, and who is not disquieted by the world, who is liberated from joy, anger, fear, and grief, is very dear to Me.
12:16: One who is My devotee [bhakti], who wants nothing, is pure, skillful, disinterested, free from distress, and who renounces all undertakings, is very dear to Me.
2:17: One who does not rejoice, who is not hostile, who does not lament, who is without desires, and who renounces auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, such a devotee [bhakti], is very dear unto Me.
12:18, 19: One who is equally disposed towards an enemy or friend, to honor and dishonor, in cold and heat, who is equipoise in pleasure and pain and who is free from all fruitive attachments, who is equal in ridicule and praise, who is silent, being always content, homeless, with steady convictions, such a devoted person is very dear to Me.
12:20: But, as I have explained, those who are endowed with faith and imperishable religious duty, and who properly worship, accepting Me as supreme, such devotees are exceedingly dear to Me as well.
Here Ends Chapter Twelve