य इमं परमं गुह्यं मद्भक्तेष्वभिधास्यति ।भक्तिं मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशयः ॥
ya imaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ madbhakteṣv abhidhāsyati |bhaktiṃ mayi parāṃ kṛtvā mām evaiṣyaty asaṃśayaḥ ||
- यः · yaḥ
- who
- इमम् · imam
- this
- परमम् · paramam
- supreme
- गुह्यम् · guhyam
- secret
- मद्भक्तेषु · madbhakteṣu
- among my devotees
- अभिधास्यति · abhidhāsyati
- will proclaim, teach
- भक्तिम् · bhaktim
- devotion
- मयि · mayi
- to me
- पराम् · parām
- supreme
- कृत्वा · kṛtvā
- having shown
- माम् · mām
- to me
- एव · eva
- alone
- एष्यति · eṣyati
- shall come
- असंशयः · asaṃśayaḥ
- without doubt
“One who proclaims this supreme secret among my devotees, showing supreme devotion to me — shall come to me alone, without doubt.”
— Original plain-language translation
The teacher of the Gita is promised the goal itself: sharing the secret with devotees is itself supreme devotion. Transmission becomes worship. This verse founds the living lineage — every retelling joins the chain from Krishna through Sanjaya to the present reader.
— Reader's notes (original)