Shloka 17

Rāja-Vidyā Rāja-Guhya Yoga (राजविद्या राजगुह्य योग) — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret

Devanagari script

तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते । प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोउत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रिय:,उनमें नित्य मुझमें एकीभावसे स्थित अनन्य प्रेमभक्तिवाला ज्ञानी भक्त अति उत्तम है; क्योंकि मुझको तत्त्वसे जाननेवाले ज्ञानीको मैं अत्यन्त प्रिय हूँ और वह ज्ञानी मुझे अत्यन्त प्रिय हैः

Transliteration

teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktir viśiṣyate | priyo hi jñānino 'tyartham ahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ ||

Translation

Among all such devotees, the wise one—ever steadfast in disciplined union and devoted with single-minded love—stands out as the best. For I am supremely dear to the knower of truth, and that knower is supremely dear to me.

Word by Word

तेषाम्among/of them

ज्ञानीthe knower (man of knowledge)

नित्ययुक्तःever-steadfast/always united (in yoga)

एकभक्तिःsingle-minded devotion

विशिष्यतेexcels/is distinguished

प्रियःdear

हिindeed/for

ज्ञानिनःof the knower

अत्यर्थम्exceedingly/very much

अहम्I

सःhe

चand

ममof me/to me

प्रियःdear

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Krishna

jñānī (the wise devotee)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes