भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः ।ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ॥
bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ |tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram ||
- भक्त्या · bhaktyā
- through devotion
- माम् · mām
- me
- अभिजानाति · abhijānāti
- one truly knows
- यावान् · yāvān
- how great, to what extent
- यः · yaḥ
- who
- अस्मि · asmi
- I am
- तत्त्वतः · tattvataḥ
- in truth
- ततः · tataḥ
- then
- माम् · mām
- me
- ज्ञात्वा · jñātvā
- having known
- विशते · viśate
- one enters
- तदनन्तरम् · tadanantaram
- immediately after, thereupon
“Through devotion one truly knows me — how great I am and who I am in truth; then, having known me in truth, one enters me thereafter.”
— Original plain-language translation
Devotion becomes the instrument of ultimate knowing: love reveals what analysis cannot — God's extent and essence. Knowing (jñātvā) issues in entering (viśate), union beyond comprehension. The Gita's final non-duality is intimate, not abstract.
— Reader's notes (original)