Bhagavad Gita · 18.55
॥
Devanāgarī
भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः ।
ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ |
tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
भक्त्याbhaktyāthrough bhakti.
माम्māmMe.
अभिजानातिabhijānātihe understands.
यावान् यः च अस्मिyāvān yaḥ ca asmiwho I am and what I am like.
तत्त्वतःtattvataḥtruly.
ततःtataḥthen.
माम् तत्त्वतः ज्ञात्वाmāṁ tattvataḥ jñātvāhaving known (jñātvā) Me (mām) truly (tattvataḥ).
विशतेviśatehe enters.
तदनन्तरम्tat-anantaramafter that.
Translation
“Only through pure devotional service (bhakti) can one understand Me, Puruṣottama, as I truly am. And when a person, through bhakti, truly comes to know Me, he enters My abode.”
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