(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, o 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, o 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.'
