मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥
māṃ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate |sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||
- माम् · mām
- me
- यः · yaḥ
- who
- अव्यभिचारेण · avyabhicāreṇa
- with unswerving, exclusive
- भक्तियोगेन · bhaktiyogena
- by the yoga of devotion
- सेवते · sevate
- serves, worships
- सः · saḥ
- he
- गुणान् · guṇān
- the strands
- समतीत्य · samatītya
- having fully crossed beyond
- एतान् · etān
- these
- ब्रह्मभूयाय · brahmabhūyāya
- for becoming Brahman, for oneness with the Absolute
- कल्पते · kalpate
- is fit, becomes able
“And whoever serves me with steady, undivided devotion crosses fully beyond these strands, and becomes fit for oneness with the Absolute.”
— Original plain-language translation
IN SHORT Steady love lifts you above shifting moods into lasting oneness.
The method Arjuna asked for turns out to be devotion: exclusive love lifts where analysis alone cannot. This answers the chapter's opening promise — knowledge of the gunas ripens through bhakti. Note the seamless joining of devotion and non-dual realization. It is like a student crossing a flooded road on a teacher's boat instead of wading alone.
— Reader's notes (original)