Sanskrit · Devanagari
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते। प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate priyo hi jñānino.atyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882who is always devoted and whose worship is (addressed) to one (Being) only is esteemed highest. For to the man of knowledge I am dear above all things and he is dear to me.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।7.17।। तेषां चतुर्णां मध्ये ज्ञानी तत्त्ववित् तत्त्ववित्त्वात् नित्ययुक्तः भवति एकभक्तिश्च अन्यस्य भजनीयस्य अदर्शनात् अतः स एकभक्तिः विशिष्यते विशेषम् आधिक्यम् आपद्यते अतिरिच्यते इत्यर्थः। प्रियो हि यस्मात् अहम् आत्मा ज्ञानिनः अतः तस्य अहम् अत्यर्थं प्रियः प्रसिद्धं हि लोके आत्मा प्रियो भवति इति। तस्मात् ज्ञानिनः आत्मत्वात् वासुदेवः प्रियो भवतीत्यर्थः। स च ज्ञानी मम वासुदेवस्य आत्मैवेति मम अत्यर्थं प्रियः।। न तर्हि आर्तादयः त्रयः वासुदेवस्य प्रियाः न किं तर्हि
d8be33dca1cb…Rāmānuja
7.17 Of these four, 'the man of knowledge' is the foremost. Why? Because of being ever with Me in Yoga and devoted to the One only. To the man of knowledge the attainment of Myself being the only end in view, he is ever with Me. As for the others, they contemplate on Me only until the fulfilment of their desires. But to the man of knowledge, there is single-minded devotion to Me only. Unlike him, the others, want only the objects of their desire and they are devoted to Me only as a means for gaining them. Hence he, the man of knowledge, alone is the foremost. Further I am very dear to the man of knowledge. Here the term 'artha' in relation to the expression 'athyartham' denotes 'what cannot be expressed adeately.' That is, even I, the omniscient and omnipotent, is unable to express how much I am dear to the Jnanin, since there is no such limit as 'this much' for this love. Such is the meaning. As in the case of Prahlada, the foremost among men of knowledge, it is said: 'But he with his thoughts firmly fixed on Krsna while being bitten by the great serpents, felt no pain from the wounds, being immersed in rapturous recollections of Him' (V. P., 1.17.39). I reciprocate this love infinitely.
47200763ee00…Swami Sivananda
7.17 तेषाम् of them? ज्ञानी the wise? नित्ययुक्तः ever steadfast? एकभक्तिः whose devotion is to the One? विशिष्यते excels? प्रियः dear? हि verily? ज्ञानिनः of the wise? अत्यर्थम् exceedingly? अहम् I? सः he? च and? मम of Me? प्रियः dear.Commentary Ekabhaktih means unswerving? singleminded devotion to the Supreme Being.The JnaniBhakta is beyond all cults or creeds or formal religion or rules of society. As the wise man is constantly harmonised and as he is devoted to the One? he is regarded as superior to all the other devotees. As I am his very Self or Antaratma? I am extremely dear to him. Everybody loves his own Self most. The Self is very dear to everybody. The wise man is My very Self and he is ear to Me also. (Cf.II.49IX.29XII.14?17and19)
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