Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 Verse 12
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 12 श्लोक 12

श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।
ध्यानात्कर्मफलत्यागस्त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम्।।12.12।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 12.12)
।।12.12।।अभ्याससे शास्त्रज्ञान श्रेष्ठ है? शास्त्रज्ञानसे ध्यान श्रेष्ठ है और ध्यानसे भी सब कर्मोंके फलका त्याग श्रेष्ठ है। कर्मफलत्यागसे तत्काल ही परमशान्ति प्राप्त हो जाती है।


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary


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5 If the performance of  activities  for  the  Supreme  Lord  is  merely  an
exercise ordered by the mind for the body to enact then in no way
can it be considered bhakti or exclusive loving  devotion  as  it
being merely a dictate of the mind has no connection to the heart
and without passing through the heart there is no possibility  of
accessing the consciousness of the atma or eternal soul. The mind
however great it may be has no qualification  or  eligibility  to
access the atma. Thus it would behove an aspirant to  pursue  the
next alternative and  attempt to  develop  atma  tattva  or  soul
realisation as instructed by Lord Krishna in verses III. IV and V
of this chapter. If after prolonged practice and attempts if atna
tattva does not arise  because  of  a  lack  of  inner  spiritual
development or due to  an  unstable  mind  easily  distracted  or
because of weakness in controlling the  senses  then  one  should
adopt themselves to the contemplation and reflection of the  atma
as delineated in chapter two as the  next  alternative.  If  even
this is to difficult to execute with regularity then  one  should
perform activities that please the Supreme Lord and renounce  the
desire for rewards for it. Such activities are  associating  with
His devotees and  rendering  service  to  them,  celebrating  the
appearance days of  Him  and  His  avatars  or  incarnations  and
fasting from all grains on ekadasi which is the 11th day  of  the
waxing and waning moon. Performing activities in this way without
any interest in receiving rewards and benefits will result in the
absence of all reactions and thus  the  cessation  of  all  sins.
Thereafter one will achieve peace of  mind  and  from  there  one
becomes a candidate for practising contemplation of the atma.  In
conclusion aspirants who  are  inept  at  performing  bhakti  are
encouraged to perform simpler methods which  will  step  by  step
gradually bring one up to that platform. Thus alternative methods
applicable for the inept who wish to evolve themselves have  been
succinctly enumerated.