Understanding Bhakti Yoga and Karma Yoga

The question asks to identify the correctly matched pair between a type of Yoga and its description from the given options. Let's analyze each pair provided.

Analyzing Pair I: Bhakti Yoga

Pair I states: Bhakti Yoga – Mode of worship, it consists of unending and loving remembrance of god.

• Bhakti Yoga is known as the path of devotion or love.
• It involves focusing one's emotions and energy towards a divine being or ideal.
• Practices in Bhakti Yoga often include worship, prayer, chanting, singing devotional songs, and constant, loving remembrance of the divine.
• The description provided, "Mode of worship, it consists of unending and loving remembrance of god," accurately reflects the essence and practices of Bhakti Yoga.

Therefore, Pair I is a correctly matched pair.

Analyzing Pair II: Karma Yoga

Pair II states: Karma Yoga – Path to gain the true knowledge about the self.

• Karma Yoga is the path of selfless action or service.
• It emphasizes performing one's duties and actions without attachment to the results or fruits of those actions.
• The focus is on the action itself as a form of spiritual practice, purifying the mind and reducing ego.
• The description "Path to gain the true knowledge about the self" is more closely associated with Jnana Yoga, which is the path of knowledge or wisdom, aiming directly at understanding the nature of the self and reality through study, reflection, and discrimination.
• While Karma Yoga can indirectly lead to self-knowledge by purifying the mind and making it receptive to wisdom, its primary definition is centered around action without attachment, not the direct pursuit of self-knowledge through intellectual means.

Therefore, Pair II is an incorrectly matched pair.

Conclusion

Based on the analysis:

• Pair I (Bhakti Yoga and its description) is correctly matched.
• Pair II (Karma Yoga and its description) is incorrectly matched.

The question asks which pair is correctly matched. Only Pair I is correctly matched.

Thus, the correct option is the one that indicates 'Only I' is correctly matched.