1Arjuna.     Lord! of the men who serve Thee--true in heart--     As God revealed; and of the men who serve,     Worshipping Thee Unrevealed, Unbodied, Far,     Which take the better way of faith and life?

2Krishna.     Whoever serve Me--as I show Myself--     Constantly true, in full devotion fixed,     Those hold I very holy. But who serve--     Worshipping Me The One, The Invisible,     The Unrevealed, Unnamed, Unthinkable,     Uttermost, All-pervading, Highest, Sure--     Who thus adore Me, mastering their sense,     Of one set mind to all, glad in all good,     These blessed souls come unto Me.          Yet, hard     The travail is for such as bend their minds     To reach th' Unmanifest That viewless path     Shall scarce be trod by man bearing the flesh!     But whereso any doeth all his deeds     Renouncing self for Me, full of Me, fixed     To serve only the Highest, night and day     Musing on Me--him will I swiftly lift     Forth from life's ocean of distress and death,     Whose soul clings fast to Me. Cling thou to Me!     Clasp Me with heart and mind! so shalt thou dwell     Surely with Me on high. But if thy thought     Droops from such height; if thou be'st weak to set     Body and soul upon Me constantly,     Despair not! give Me lower service! seek     To reach Me, worshipping with steadfast will;     And, if thou canst not worship steadfastly,     Work for Me, toil in works pleasing to Me!     For he that laboureth right for love of Me     Shall finally attain! But, if in this     Thy faint heart fails, bring Me thy failure! find     Refuge in Me! let fruits of labour go,     Renouncing hope for Me, with lowliest heart,     So shalt thou come; for, though to know is more     Than diligence, yet worship better is     Than knowing, and renouncing better still.     Near to renunciation--very near--     Dwelleth Eternal Peace!          Who hateth nought     Of all which lives, living himself benign,     Compassionate, from arrogance exempt,     Exempt from love of self, unchangeable     By good or ill; patient, contented, firm     In faith, mastering himself, true to his word,     Seeking Me, heart and soul; vowed unto Me,--     That man I love! Who troubleth not his kind,     And is not troubled by them; clear of wrath,     Living too high for gladness, grief, or fear,     That man I love! Who, dwelling quiet-eyed,     Stainless, serene, well-balanced, unperplexed,     Working with Me, yet from all works detached,     That man I love! Who, fixed in faith on Me,     Dotes upon none, scorns none; rejoices not,     And grieves not, letting good or evil hap     Light when it will, and when it will depart,     That man I love! Who, unto friend and foe     Keeping an equal heart, with equal mind     Bears shame and glory; with an equal peace     Takes heat and cold, pleasure and pain; abides     Quit of desires, hears praise or calumny     In passionless restraint, unmoved by each;     Linked by no ties to earth, steadfast in Me,     That man I love! But most of all I love     Those happy ones to whom 'tis life to live     In single fervid faith and love unseeing,     Drinking the blessed Amrit of my Being!