Arjuna inquires from Lord Krishna, "Which are considered to be more perfect, those who are properly engaged in Your devotional service or those who worship the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifested?"

Those who, fixing their minds on Me, worship Me with steadfast devotion, I consider them to be the best of yogis.

But those who worship the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifested, the omnipresent, the unthinkable, the unchanging, the immovable, and the eternal.

By regulating the senses, being even-minded everywhere, and being engaged in the welfare of all beings, devotees certainly attain Me.

For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, the path of realization is full of tribulations. Worship of the unmanifested is exceedingly difficult for embodied beings.

But those who dedicate all their actions to Me, regarding Me as the Supreme goal, worshiping Me, meditating on Me with exclusive devotion, O Arjuna, I swiftly deliver them from the ocean of birth and death.

Of those, I am the deliverer, and from the ocean of birth and death, because their minds are fixed on me, Partha.

Place your mind in me alone, place your intellect in me, and then you will indeed live in me alone. There is no doubt about it.

If you cannot steady your mind steadily upon Me, then seek to attain Me through the yoga of practice, O Arjuna.

Even if you are unable to practice the discipline of devotion with consistency, become wholly committed to performing actions for My sake. In doing so, you shall attain success.

If you are unable to practice even this abhyasa-yoga, then be intent on performing all your duties for My satisfaction, and renounce the results, being self-situated.

For, superior to intellectual knowledge is meditation, and superior to meditation is renunciation of the fruits of actions. Immediately following renunciation, peace ensues.

One who does not hate any creature, who is friendly and compassionate, free from possessiveness and egotism, balanced in pleasure and pain, and forgiving.

One who is content, self-restrained, unshaken in mind, steadfast in devotion, and dedicated to Me is very dear to Me.

He by whom the world is not agitated and who cannot be agitated by the world, who is freed from joy, envy, fear, and anxiety, he is dear to Me.

One who is unenvious, pure, expert, devoid of worry, indifferent to success and failure, and who renounces all fruitive activities is dear to Me.

One who is neither delighted nor repelled by good or bad experiences, who remains unaffected by sorrow or joy, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious actions, is dear to Me.

He who is the same to foe and friend and also in honor and dishonor, who is the same in cold and heat and pleasure and pain, and who is free from attachment, is dear to Me.

He who is equal-minded amidst praise and blame, who remains silent, content with whatever he has, unattached to a particular place, steady-minded, full of devotion—such a person is dear to Me.

But those who fully dedicate themselves to this immortal dharma as described, having faith and devotion, they are exceedingly dear to Me.