तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते ।प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktir viśiṣyate |priyo hi jñānino 'tyartham ahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ ||
- तेषाम् · teṣām
- of them
- ज्ञानी · jñānī
- person of knowledge
- नित्ययुक्तः · nityayuktaḥ
- ever-disciplined
- एकभक्तिः · ekabhaktiḥ
- of single devotion
- विशिष्यते · viśiṣyate
- excels
- प्रियः · priyaḥ
- dear
- अत्यर्थम् · atyartham
- exceedingly
“Of them, the person of knowledge, ever-disciplined, of single devotion, excels. For I am exceedingly dear to the knowing one, and he is dear to me.”
— Original plain-language translation
Constancy and exclusivity lift the jnani above the other three. Love runs both directions here with unusual tenderness. Knowledge ripens into mutual dearest-ness.
— Reader's notes (original)