Chapter 12

Arjuna wished to see the unbounded expanse of the Lord’s pervasive power, which is realized by commitment to devotion . The Lord showed him this power in its entirety.

Though the human senses cannot perceive such unbounded power, it was experienced.

This experience was due to the Lord’s ability to realize all that He desires. The Lord enabled this experience from His unbroken, unlimited expanse of compassion, generosity, amiable nature and other favorable qualities.

It was also stated that single-minded devotion with ultimate love is the only way to know and see the Lord in His actual form.

Next, The Lord states that His worship in the form of devotion is superior in comparison to the quest for the Self . The superiority of devotion lies in the speed of realizing its goal, in the ease and in the simplicity of its practice.

Let’s devote ourselves to the Lord.

This chapter describes the practice of the Lord’s worship along with its accessories. It also describes the quest of the Self for people who are incapable of worship.

The Lord’s worship is indeed superior - this is by virtue of the Lord’s superiority, as said in

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‘The person who worships Me, having placed himself within Me with complete trust - I consider him to be the most focused, even in comparison to all those who persevere to realize the Self’.