Gita map, what the Gita cultivates
भक्ति Devotion
Love offered to the divine. Linked to 20 of the core shlokas.
Verses that cultivate it
- 2.61
तानि सर्वाणि संयम्य युक्त आसीत मत्परः।
वशे हि यस्येन्द्रियाणि तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥tāni sarvāṇi sanyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ
Having restrained them all, he should sit steadfast, intent on Me; his wisdom is steady whose senses are under control.
vaśhe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣhṭhitā - 18.56
सर्वकर्माण्यपि सदा कुर्वाणो मद्व्यपाश्रयः।
मत्प्रसादादवाप्नोति शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम् ॥sarva-karmāṇy api sadā kurvāṇo mad-vyapāśhrayaḥ
Having taken refuge in Me and doing all actions, by My grace he obtains the eternal, indestructible state of being.
mat-prasādād avāpnoti śhāśhvataṁ padam avyayam - 3.30
मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा।
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः ॥mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-chetasā
Renouncing all actions in Me, with the mind centered on the Self, free from hope and egoism, and from mental fever, fight thou.
nirāśhīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ - 10.10
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्।
ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते ॥teṣhāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam
To those who are ever steadfast, worshipping me with love, I give the yoga of discrimination, by which they come to me.
dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te - 9.13
महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः।
भजन्त्यनन्यमनसो ज्ञात्वा भूतादिमव्ययम् ॥mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛitim āśhritāḥ
But the great souls, O Arjuna, partaking of My divine nature, worship Me with a single-minded devotion, knowing Me as the imperishable source of all beings.
bhajantyananya-manaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam