उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् ।आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम् ॥
udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tv ātmaiva me matam |āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā mām evānuttamāṃ gatim ||
- उदाराः · udārāḥ
- noble
- सर्वे · sarve
- all
- ज्ञानी · jñānī
- person of knowledge
- आत्मा एव · ātmā eva
- my very self
- मतम् · matam
- deemed
- आस्थितः · āsthitaḥ
- resting in
- युक्तात्मा · yuktātmā
- with disciplined self
- अनुत्तमाम् गतिम् · anuttamām gatim
- the highest goal
“All these are noble, but the knowing one is deemed my very self. Resting with disciplined self, he reaches me alone as the highest goal.”
— Original plain-language translation
All devotees are affirmed before the jnani is singled out as Krishna's own self. Nearness becomes identity. The highest goal is a person, not only a state.
— Reader's notes (original)