Bhagavad Gita · 7.17
॥
Devanāgarī
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते ।
प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
teṣāṁ jñānī nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir viśiṣyate |
priyo hi jñānino 'tyartham ahaṁ sa ca mama priyaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तेषाम्teṣāmof them.
ज्ञानीjñānīthe jñānī (the knowing one).
नित्ययुक्तःnitya-yuktaḥalways (nitya) united in yoga (yukta).
एकभक्तिःeka-bhaktiḥone whose devotion (bhakti) is undivided (eka).
विशिष्यतेviśiṣyateis distinguished, is the best.
प्रियः हिpriyaḥ hitruly dear.
ज्ञानिनःjñāninaḥof the jñānī.
अत्यर्थम्atyarthamexceedingly, very.
अहम्ahamI.
सः चsaḥ caand he.
मम प्रियःmama priyaḥdear to Me.
Translation
“Of these, the jñānī, who is always united in yoga and whose devotion is undivided, is the best. For I am exceedingly dear to such a jñānī, and he too is very dear to Me.”
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