Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 385

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-12 Bhakti Darśana Yogaḥ

arjuna uvāca evaṃ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās-tvāṃ paryupāsate | ye cāpyakṣaram-avyaktaṃ teṣāṃ ke yoga-vittamāḥ || 1 || Arjuna said: 1. Of those devotees, who, ever integrated with You, meditate on You thus, and of those again, who meditate on the imperishable and the unmanifest — which of these have greater knowledge of Yoga? Commentary “There are those devotees who considering You and none other as the supreme goal, worship You in complete dedication — as one who is the ocean of attributes of limitless excellence like grace, affability, omniscience, accomplished resolves etc., and endowed with all glory. On the other hand there are those who meditate on the ‘Imperishable’ (Akṣara) — namely, the Ātman in its immaculate state, which is the same as the ‘Unmanifest’ (Avyakta) — which means that it cannot be perceived by the sense organs. Which of these two categories of devotees have superior knowledge of Yoga? Who would reach their respective goals sooner?” — Such is the meaning of the question.