1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 12 - Bhakti Yoga - Sloka 10

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Is there any other course open to the sadhaka, if his mind does not submit to Abhyasa Yoga? The next course is pointed out :-

The Worship of Saguna Brahman 6-12

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 12 - Bhakti Yoga - Sloka 10

45th Azhagiyasingar of Ahobila Mutt

Abhyase api asamrthah assi mad karma na paramah bhava I

Mad artham api karmani kurvan siddhim avapsyasi II sloka 10

अभ्यासे अपि असमर्थः अस्सी मद कर्म न परमः भाव I

मद अर्थम् अपि कर्मणि कुर्वन् सिद्धिं अवाप्स्यसि II श्लोक 10 

If you are unable to even practise Abhyasa Yoga, be you intent on doing actions for my sake; even by performing actions for my sake you will attain perfection. 

Force of habit is too strong to be altered or curbed; it drags the man along its own way. Even such a bent can be turned  to advantage. While the bent is allowed to have its sway,it is utilised in the service of the Lord. A talkative man for example, may go on talking of god instead of worldly things. An active man may work hard for the glory of his maker and not for mammon. When he becomes an instrument of the Lord in this way, no work taints him. His mind becomes gradually purified. 

When a man changes his attitude he is freed from bondage. Whatever work takes place though man is actually the work of the Lord. "Lord, You have Your work done by me. In ignorance I feel that, " I am the doer. May I be only an instrument".Attitude of this kind emancipates the aspirant

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa