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Jnana Vijnana Yoga · Knowledge of the Absolute
Bhagavad Gita 7.17-18
Sanskrit
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते । प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥7.17॥उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् । आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम् ॥7.18॥
Transliteration
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate | priyo hi jñānino'tyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ ‖7.17‖ udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matam | āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā māmevānuttamāṃ gatim ‖7.18‖
Meaning
“Of these, the wise one, ever harmonised, devoted to the One, excels; for I am supremely dear to the wise, and that one is dear to Me. Noble indeed are all these, but the wise one I hold to be My very Self; for, with self harmonised, such a one is established in Me alone as the supreme goal.”
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