Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingTranslation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaArjuna said: "Which of these devotees, who are ever dedicated and meditate on You, and those who meditate on the Unmanifested and Immutable, are the best experiencers of yoga [here, yoga means samadhi, spiritual absorption]?"
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
अर्जुन ने कहा -- जो भक्त, सतत युक्त होकर इस (पूर्वोक्त) प्रकार से आपकी उपासना करते हैं और जो भक्त अक्षर, और अव्यक्त की उपासना करते हैं, उन दोनों में कौन उत्तम योगवित् है।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from VaamshiiWord by word
padārthaThemes
from The Thematic Companion to the Bhagavad GītāMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnAArjuna asks: “Those devotees who, ever-united, worship You [with form]; and those who worship the imperishable Unmanifest (akṣaram avyaktam) — which of them are the better knowers of Yoga?” It is a real and enduring question: is the higher path the personal (loving a God with a face) or the impersonal (merging in the formless Absolute)? Arjuna, fresh from seeing both the Universal Form and his friend’s human face, asks it with earned urgency.