Mahabharata · Chapter 6.36
evaṃ satatayuktā ye bhaktāstvāṃ paryupāsate /
ye cāpyakṣaramavyaktaṃ teṣāṃ ke yogavittamāḥ //
śrībhagavānuvāca /
mayyāveśya mano ye māṃ nityayuktā upāsate /
śraddhayā parayopetāste me yuktatamā matāḥ //
ye tvakṣaramanirdeśyamavyaktaṃ paryupāsate /
sarvatragamacintyaṃ ca kūṭasthamacalaṃ dhruvam //
sanniyamyendriyagrāmaṃ sarvatra samabuddhayaḥ /
te prāpnuvanti māmeva sarvabhūtahite ratāḥka //
kleśo'dhikatarasteṣāmavyaktāsaktacetasām /
avyaktā hi gadirduḥkhaṃ dehavadbhiravāpyate //
ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi mayi sannyasya matparāḥ /
ananyenaiva yogena māṃ dhyāyanta upāsate //
teṣāmahaṃ samuddhartā mṛtyusaṃsārasāgarāt /
bhavāmi na cirātpārtha mayyāveśitacetasām //
mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṃ niveśaya /
nivasiṣyasi mayyeva ata ūrdhvaṃ na śaṃśakayaḥ //
atha cittaṃ samādhātuṃ na śaknoṣi mayi sthiram /
abhyāsayogena tato māmicchā'ptuṃ dhanañjaya //
abhyāse'pyasamartho'si matkarmaparamo bhava /
madarthamapi karmāṇi kurvansiddhimavāpyyasi //
athaitadapyaśakto'si kartuṃ madyogamāśritaḥ /
sarvakarmaphalatyāgaṃ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān //
śreyo hi jñānamabhyāsājjñānāddhyānaṃ viśiṣyate /
dhyānātkarmaphalatyāgastyāgācchāntiranantaram //
adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca /
nirmamo nirahankāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī //
santuṣṭaḥ satataṃ yogī yatātmā dṛḍhaniścayaḥ /
mayyarpitamanobuddhiryo me bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ //
yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ /
harṣāmarṣabhayodvegairmukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ //
anapekṣaḥ śucirdakṣa udāsīno gatavyathaḥ /
sarvārambhaparityāgī yo madbhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ //
yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kāṅkṣati /
śubhāśubhaparityāgī bhaktimānyaḥ sa me priyaḥ //
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ /
śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkheṣu samaḥ saṅgavivarjitaḥ //
tulyanindāstutirmaunī santuṣṭo yena kena cit /
aniketaḥ sthiramatirbhaktimānme priyo naraḥ //
ye tu dharmāmṛtamidaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate /
śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktāste'tīva me priyāḥ //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0