Chapter 7 · Knowledge and Realisation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 7.17

तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रिय:

teṣhāṁ jñānī nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir viśhiṣhyate priyo hi jñānino ’tyartham ahaṁ sa cha mama priyaḥ

Recitation · Text 7.17
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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Of these, the one who knows — ever united, devoted to the One — is distinguished. For I am exceedingly dear to him, and he is dear to Me. The sentence is completed in both directions, which is the point of it.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The sentence completes in both directions — dear to him, and he to Me.