BG 12.1
अर्जुन उवाच
एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते ।
ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥
एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते ।
ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥
arjuna uvāca
evaṁ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāṁ paryupāsate
ye cāpy akṣaram avyaktaṁ teṣāṁ ke yoga-vittamāḥ
evaṁ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāṁ paryupāsate
ye cāpy akṣaram avyaktaṁ teṣāṁ ke yoga-vittamāḥ
Word-for-word meanings
arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna inquired; ye — [between] those; bhaktāḥ — devotees; satata-yuktāḥ — who are always devoted; evam — in this manner; paryupāsate — [and] who exclusively worship; tvām — You; ca — and; ye — those; api — also; avyaktam — [who worship] the unmanifest; akṣaram — imperishable [Brahman]; ke — who; teṣām — among them; yoga-vit-tamāḥ — are the topmost realizers of yoga.
Translation
Arjuna inquired: Between those devotees who are always devoted in this manner and who exclusively worship You, and those who worship the unmanifest imperishable Brahman, who are the topmost realizers of yoga?