Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 12: The Path of Devotion

Bhagavad Gita 12.1

evaṃ satatayuktā ye bhaktāstvāṃ paryupāsate | ye cāpyakṣaramavyaktaṃ teṣāṃ ke yogavittamāḥ ||

Those devotees who, always disciplined, worship you in this way, and those who worship the imperishable and unmanifest: which of them understand yoga better?

Modern context

After seeing the universal form, Arjuna asks a practical question. Some people love the divine in a personal form, a face, a name, a friend. Others seek the formless absolute, beyond any image. Which way is better? Many seekers ask the same today. Should I pray to someone, or meditate on something beyond all names? Krishna's answer is generous and practical.