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12.4Krishna
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संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः ।ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥

saṃniyamyaindriya-grāmaṃ sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ |te prāpnuvanti mām eva sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ ||

संनियम्य · saṃniyamya
fully restraining
सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः · sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ
even-minded toward all
प्राप्नुवन्ति · prāpnuvanti
they attain
माम् एव · mām eva
me alone
सर्वभूतहिते रताः · sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ
delighting in the welfare of all beings

— fully restraining the host of senses, even-minded toward all, delighting in the welfare of all beings, they too reach me alone.

Original plain-language translation

The formless path is validated: its followers also reach Krishna. Note the ethical condition — delight in the good of all beings — without which impersonality curdles into indifference. The goal is one; the roads differ in ease.

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