Chapter 12 · The Yoga of Devotion

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 12.4

ये त्वक्षरमनिर्देश्यमव्यक्तं पर्युपासते सर्वत्रगमचिन्त्यञ्च कूटस्थमचलन्ध्रुवम् सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धय: ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रता:

ye tv akṣharam anirdeśhyam avyaktaṁ paryupāsate sarvatra-gam achintyañcha kūṭa-stham achalandhruvam sanniyamyendriya-grāmaṁ sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ te prāpnuvanti mām eva sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ

Recitation · Text 12.4
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (22 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Restraining the senses, even-minded everywhere, delighting in the welfare of all beings — they too attain Me. The other road is not declared wrong; it is declared longer, and it arrives at the same place.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The other road is not called wrong — only longer, arriving at the same place.