Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 in kannada | ಭಕ್ತಿ ಯೋಗ | Shloka subtitles |ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತೆ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ 12

This chapter deliberates between bhakti yoga, or love for a personal god, and worship of the unmanifest God, through intense study and meditation. Krishna advocates primarily for devotional love, arguing this is an easier and more focused path. Bhakti yoga also is more directly tied to karma yoga, or the yoga of action. Krishna teaches Arjuna that devotional love can be expressed by imbuing all action with devotional worship. The path of understanding through study and meditation provides a path to union with the unmanifest form of God, but it is more arduous work.

All are routes to the same end: freedom from the endless cycle of death and rebirth. Krishna stresses it is simpler to focus worship and devotion on him as a relatable deity rather than meditating on God in the unmanifest form. Krishna tells Arjuna that the path of those meditating on the unmanifest "is much more arduous / because, for embodied beings / the Unmanifest is obscure." Without a face or a shape to put on God, it is more difficult to focus one's meditation and worship. Worshipping Krishna's manifestation of God, however, allows a person to find a more direct and relatable channel for their devotion.

Krishna fully describes the person he loves most. In the yogic tradition, regardless of the path chosen, the devotee will demonstrate ways of being in the world that reflect inner balance and goodness. The successful person of yoga will show love and compassion for everyone equally and will have a calm attitude of detachment to the joys and sorrows of life. The devotee who is indifferent to "grief / and desire, good and bad fortune— / that man is the one I love the best," Krishna reveals.

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