संनियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः ।ते प्राप्नुवन्ति मामेव सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥
saṃniyamyaindriya-grāmaṃ sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ |te prāpnuvanti mām eva sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ ||
- संनियम्य · saṃniyamya
- fully restraining
- इन्द्रियग्रामम् · indriya-grāmam
- the host of senses
- सर्वत्र समबुद्धयः · sarvatra sama-buddhayaḥ
- even-minded toward all
- प्राप्नुवन्ति · prāpnuvanti
- they attain
- माम् एव · mām eva
- me alone
- सर्वभूतहिते रताः · sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ
- delighting in the welfare of all beings
“— fully restraining the host of senses, even-minded toward all, delighting in the welfare of all beings, they too reach me alone.”
— Original plain-language translation
The formless path is validated: its followers also reach Krishna. Note the ethical condition — delight in the good of all beings — without which impersonality curdles into indifference. The goal is one; the roads differ in ease.
— Reader's notes (original)