(1) Aylen said: 'Those devotees who are always
connected with you in proper worship, compared to those who go beyond
the senses for the unapparent, who of them knows the unification of
consciousness, the yoga, the best?'
(2) The fortunate one said: 'Those who, in fixing
their mind on me, and always transcendentally endowed with faith by me,
are engaged in devotional activities, are the ones most perfect in the
knowledge of yoga. (3-4) But those who in sacrifice for the welfare of
all, fully attend to the indefinite and unapparent, being fixed upon
the inconceivable, unchanging and immovable, and who in control of all
the senses in every situation are of an equal-minded intelligence,
actually reach me. (5) The trouble for those who, free from
attachments, are of the unapparent is very great; for those embodied
ones, who turned their minds to the unseen, progress is something
difficult. (6-7) But, to those who dedicate all their actions to me and
who, attached to me, forsake the world and, undivided in the
unification of their consciousness, are of meditation and worship with
me, to those who fixed their minds thus upon me, I become, after not
too long a time, the one who delivers them from dying in the ocean of
material existence, oh son of Alice. (8) Therefore, be sure to fix your
mind upon me, so that you, with your intelligence thus engaged, will
live in me and as a consequence will never suffer any doubt. (9) If you
can't fix your mind upon me, be then, relentless in your yoga practice,
steady in your desire to get to me, oh conqueror of wealth. (10) If
you're not even capable of that fortitude, then try to develop
dedication in working for my sake, because you will achieve the
perfection even when you're engaged in labor. (11) And if even that
doesn't work for you, then take to the renunciation of the profit
motive with the work you do, and remain with yourself. (12) To actually
renounce the profit motive is better than just to meditate it, because
peace follows the renunciation. Meditation is considered to be better
than just knowing about the spiritual, and to be of spiritual knowledge
is better than to practice without.
(13-14) The one dedicated to me who, friendly and
kind, is not averse to anyone, who is not possessive and not
identified, who is equal in distress and happiness, who is forgiving,
peaceful and ever devoted, who is self-controlled and of a determined
mind and who has an intelligence always fixed on me, I like the most.
(15) The one by whom the people are never disturbed, the one who is
never disturbed by the people; the one who is free from ups and downs
and the one who is free from fears and anxieties is my favorite. (16)
The one devoted to me who is impartial and pure, capable and
unconcerned, not troubled and free from mundane endeavoring, I like
better. (17) The one devoted to me who rejoices nor hates, grieves
nor craves and remains detached for better or for worse, is the one I
prefer. (18-19) A devotee of mine who is equal to foe and friend,
equal in honor and dishonor, equal in heat and cold, equal in happiness
and distress and the same in being together as in the absence of
company; a devotee of mine not different in fame and infamy, who is
quiet and satisfied with anything, and free from his home and fixed in
his determination, is a human being most dear to me. (20) Those
devoted to me who but cherish the nectar of this nature and, as I said,
fully engage themselves with faith in the sublime of me, are the ones I
cherish most.'
