Meditate on formless

difficult for the embodied

Meditate on form of Deity

 easy

Is beyond the senses

 restricts the senses

Senses can perceive the Deity

and sound of mantra

engages the senses

Must understand Brahman

through Upanisad, etc.

 learn the language (Sanskrit

)

Understand Krishna

through devotional service

 chant Hare Krishna

Long practice makes it

difficult to take up bhakti

Completely natural

Troublesome

(no relationship with the Lord)

Miseries mitigated by

relationship with Krishna

Depends on own endeavour

Krishna delivers devotee from maya

Why ?

 Because Krishna Himself recommends the
process

 Out of paternal love (7.14)

 By His causeless mercy (7.14)

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Bhagavad Gita 12.3-7 Chart No.18