BG 12.8
मय्येव मन आधत्स्व मयि बुद्धिं निवेशय
Fix your mind on Me, place your intellect in Me — thereafter you will live in Me alone.
Chapter 12 of 18 · 20 verses · Bhakti Yoga
भक्तियोग
The Yoga of Devotion
Bhakti-yoga
Theme: The path of love
Speaker: Arjuna asks; Krishna answers
Chapter summary
Arjuna asks: who is the better yogi — the one who worships the personal form or the impersonal absolute? Krishna: both reach him, but the impersonal path is harder for embodied beings. The qualities of the true devotee are listed (12.13-20) — friendly to all, free from ego, equal in joy and sorrow, content, self-controlled.
Key verses
BG 12.13
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च
Friendly and compassionate to all beings, without enmity, free from ego — such a devotee is dear to Me.
Central takeaway
Devotion is for everyone. Begin with love; the rest follows.
Jump to chapter
1. Arjuna's Despair2. The Yoga of Knowledge3. The Yoga of Action4. The Yoga of Knowledge & Renunciation of Action5. The Yoga of Renunciation of Action6. The Yoga of Self-Restraint / Meditation7. The Yoga of Knowledge & Realization8. The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman9. The Royal Knowledge, The Royal Secret10. The Yoga of Divine Manifestations11. The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form12. The Yoga of Devotion13. The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field14. The Yoga of the Three Gunas15. The Yoga of the Supreme Person16. The Yoga of the Divine & Demoniac Natures17. The Yoga of the Threefold Faith18. The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation