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Chapter 12 · Verse 6 · Bhakti Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 12.6

devotional Bhakti & Devotion Karma & Action Attachment & Letting Go

Sanskrit

ये तु सर्वाणि कर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पराः।अनन्येनैव योगेन मां ध्यायन्त उपासते।।12.6।।

Transliteration

ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-paraḥ ananyenaiva yogena māṁ dhyāyanta upāsate

Word by Word

ye who
tu but
sarvāṇi all
karmāṇi actions
mayi to me
sannyasya dedicating
mat-paraḥ regarding me as the Supreme goal
ananyena exclusively
eva certainly
yogena with devotion
mām me
dhyāyantaḥ meditating
upāsate worship
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals here the supreme path of bhakti—not the renunciation of action, but the consecration of all action to the Divine. When you offer every deed, every breath, every moment to the Lord with undivided heart, you transform the ordinary into the sacred, and work becomes worship.

This is the paradox the modern seeker must grasp: complete dedication to your responsibilities, freed from personal claim, is the fastest door to grace.

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Bhagavad Gita 12.6 — BG 12.6

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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