Chapter 18 · The Yoga of Liberation

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Text 18.55

भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वत: ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम्

bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaśh chāsmi tattvataḥ tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśhate tad-anantaram

Recitation · Text 18.55
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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By devotion he comes to know Me in truth, what and who I am; and knowing Me in truth, he enters into Me immediately after. Knowing is the middle term, not the destination — entering is.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Knowing is the middle term, not the destination — entering is.