तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते | प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ||७-१७||
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate . priyo hi jñānino.atyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ ||7-17||
Chapter 7 · Verse 17
Jnana Vijnana Yoga
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
In plain words
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.
Translation
7.17 Of these, the man of knowledge, being ever with Me in Yoga and devoted to the One only, is the foremost; for I am very dear to the man of knowledge and he too is dear to Me.
Meaning
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)
Word by word
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.