bhaktyā
- with devotion
- remembering with great devotion
- through devotion
- loving devotion
In 7 verses
- 8.10
प्रयाणकाले मनसाऽचलेन भक्त्या युक्तो योगबलेन चैव
bhaktyā — remembering with great devotion
at the hour of departure, with a still mind, joined by devotion and the strength of practice, drawing the breath up between the brows, reaches that highest divine person.
- 8.22
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया
bhaktyā — through devotion
That highest person, son of Pritha, is reached by devotion to nothing else — he in whom all beings rest, and by whom all this is pervaded.
- 9.14
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रताः
bhaktyā — loving devotion
Always singing of me, striving, firm in their resolve, bowing to me — they worship me with steadfast devotion.
- 9.26
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति
bhaktyā — with devotion
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, water — whoever offers me these with devotion, I accept that offering from one who has given it with a pure heart.
- 9.29
समोऽहं सर्वभूतेषु न मे द्वेष्योऽस्ति न प्रियः
bhajanti — worship with love
I am the same in all beings. No one is hateful to me and no one dear. But those who worship me with devotion are in me, and I am in them.
- 11.54
भक्त्या त्वनन्यया शक्यमहमेवंविधोऽर्जुन
bhaktyā — by devotion
But by devotion turned nowhere else I can be known in this way, Arjuna, and seen, and entered.
- 18.55
भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः
bhaktyā — by loving devotion
Through devotion one comes to know me as I am, how much and what I am; and knowing me so, one enters into me at once.