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Bhagavad Gita 12.2 · Krishna

Mind fixed in love

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मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।

श्रद्धया परयोपेताः ते मे युक्ततमा मताः॥

śrībhagavānuvācamayyāveśya mano ye māṃ nityayuktā upāsateśraddhayā parayopetāḥ te me yuktatamā matāḥ

Those who fix their minds on Me and worship Me, always steady, with the highest faith, I hold to be the most perfect in yoga.

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  • śraddhā
  • yoga

What it means

Krishna answers warmly. Those who set their minds on him, worship him with steady love and para shraddha, the highest trust, are the most perfect in yoga. Loving a personal form isn't a lesser path. It's a complete one.

The story

Arjuna is a man of relationship, a brother, a friend, a husband. Krishna affirms that loving God personally, as Arjuna loves him, is a full and perfect path.

In your life

Think of a grandmother who has loved God like a family member all her life, talking to him every morning. That's complete yoga. If a personal relationship with the sacred speaks to you, trust it.

Love with a whole mind is complete yoga.