अर्जुन उवाच ।एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते ।ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥
arjuna uvāca |evaṃ satata-yuktā ye bhaktās tvāṃ paryupāsate |ye cāpy akṣaram avyaktaṃ teṣāṃ ke yoga-vittamāḥ ||
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- सततयुक्ताः · satata-yuktāḥ
- ever engaged, constant
- भक्ताः · bhaktāḥ
- devotees
- पर्युपासते · paryupāsate
- worship closely, attend upon
- अक्षरम् अव्यक्तम् · akṣaram avyaktam
- the imperishable unmanifest
- योगवित्तमाः · yoga-vittamāḥ
- the best knowers of yoga
“Arjuna said: Those devotees who, ever engaged, worship you in this way — and those who worship the imperishable unmanifest — of these, who know yoga best?”
— Original plain-language translation
Fresh from the vision, Arjuna asks the chapter's guiding question: the personal God of love or the formless Absolute — which devotee stands higher? Krishna's answer honors both but plainly prefers the path of loving devotion.
— Reader's notes (original)