Bhagavad Gita -Sivananda 289

Klesho’dhikatarasteshaam avyaktaasaktachetasaam;
Avyaktaa hi gatirduhkham dehavadbhiravaapyate.

5. Greater is their trouble whose minds are set on the Unmanifested; for the goal—the
Unmanifested—is very difficult for the embodied to reach.

COMMENTARY

The embodied—those who identify themselves with their bodies. The
imperishable Self is very hard to reach for those who are attached to their bodies. Their restless
minds will not be able to get fixed on the attributeless Self.

	Introduction	1
	Gita Mahatmya	7
1.	The Yoga of the Despondency of Arjuna	18
2.	Sankhya Yoga	5
3.	The Yoga of Action	80
4.	The Yoga of Wisdom	102
5.	The Yoga of Renunciation of Action	126
6.	The Yoga of Meditation	142
7.	The Yoga of Wisdom and Realisation	170
8.	The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman	188
9.	The Yoga of the Kingly Science & the Kingly Secret	207
10.	The Yoga of the Divine Glories	227
11.	The Yoga of the Vision of the Cosmic Form	252
12.	The Yoga of Devotion	285
13.	The Yoga of Distinction Between The Field & the Knower of the Field	298
14.	The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas	319
15.	The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit	336
16.	The Yoga of the Division Between the Divine and the Demoniacal	349
17.	The Yoga of the Division of the Threefold Faith	364
18.	The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation	381

Bhagavad Gita -Sivananda 289

Contents

Bhagavad Gita -Swami Sivananda

Chapter-12 : THE YOGA OF DEVOTION

Summary of Twelfth Discourse

References and Context

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