bhaktāḥ

स एवायं मया तेऽद्य योगः प्रोक्तः पुरातनः

bhaktaḥ — devotee

This same ancient yoga I declare to you today, because you are devoted to me and my friend — and because it is the deepest of secrets.

यो यो यां यां तनुं भक्तः श्रद्धयार्चितुमिच्छति

bhaktaḥ — devotee

Whatever form anyone wishes to worship with faith, I make their faith in it steady.

अन्तवत्तु फलं तेषां तद्भवत्यल्पमेधसाम्

bhavati — is

But the fruit they gain has an end, for their understanding is small. Worshippers of the gods go to the gods; those devoted to me come to me.

येऽप्यन्यदेवता भक्ता यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः

bhaktāḥ — devotees

Even those who devote themselves to other gods and worship them with faith worship me alone, son of Kunti, though not knowing it.

क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं निगच्छति

bhavati — become

Such a person quickly becomes upright and reaches lasting peace. Be certain of this, son of Kunti: one devoted to me is never lost.

किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा

bhaktāḥ — devotees

How much more, then, the holy brahmins and the royal sages who are devoted. Having come into this impermanent and joyless world, be devoted to me.

मन्मना भव मद्भक्तो मद्याजी मां नमस्कुरु

bhava — be

Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, make your offering to me, bow to me. So joined, with me as your goal, you will come to me.

एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते

bhaktāḥ — devotees

Those devoted who worship you, steadfast and constant, and those who worship the imperishable and unmanifest — which of them know better?

ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते

bhaktāḥ — devotees

And those who take up this nectar of what is right, as I have declared it, with faith and taking me as the highest — those devoted ones are very dear to me.