Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 12/Verse 1

अर्जुन उवाच

एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते ।

ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥१२- १॥

arjuna uvāca

evaṃ satatayuktā ye bhaktāstvāṃ paryupāsate ।

ye cāpyakṣaramavyaktaṃ teṣāṃ ke yogavittamāḥ ॥12- 1॥



Arjuna said, thus between those who are the constantly steadfast and those devoted ones who worship you, the eternal, non-manifest, which of them is the most proficient in yoga? 


arjunas (masculine, nominative, singular) = Arjuna 

uvāca (past tense, 3rd person, singular) = one said

evam (adverb) (indeclinable) = thus

satata (adverb) (indeclinable) = constant 

yuktās (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = steadfast 

ye (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = who

bhaktās (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = devoted 

tvām (pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular) = you

paryupāsate (present tense, 3rd person, plural) = they worship

ye (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = who

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and 

api (adverb) (indeclinable) = also

akṣaram (masculine, accusative, singular) = eternal 

avyaktam (past passive participle, masculine, accusative, singular) = non-manifest  

teṣām (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, genitive, plural) = of them 

ke (interrogative, masculine, nominative, plural) = which  

yogavittamās (yogavid + tamās) (masculine, nominative, plural) = the most proficient with yoga