1. Devotion, or bhakti, forms one of the three means for perfecting the soul (the other two are discipline, or yoga, and knowledge, or j&ntiled;ana. The word bhakti comes from the Sanskrit verb, bhaj, which means "to share." Devotion in its simplest form means sharing a sacrifice with a particular god. In the Gita it means something like giving over one's self and actions to the divine.