Shloka 55
सम्बन्ध--अनन्य भक्तिके द्वार भ्रगवानको देखना, जानना और एकीभावसे प्राप्त करना युलभ बतलाया जानेके कारण अनन्य भक्तिका स्वरूप जाननेकी आकांक्षा ढोनेपर अब अनन्य भक्तके लक्षणोंका वर्णन किया जाता है मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमोः २ मद्धक्त: सड़वर्जित:* | निर्वेर: सर्वभूतेषु४ य: स मामेति पाण्डव
Arjuna uvāca: mat-karmakṛn mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥ | nirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ sa mām eti pāṇḍava ||
“One who acts for My sake, who holds Me as the supreme goal, who is devoted to Me, free from attachment, and without hostility toward any being—such a person comes to Me, O son of Pāṇḍu.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse defines the qualities of the devotee who attains the Divine: acting as an offering, keeping the Divine as the highest goal, maintaining devotion, renouncing attachment, and cultivating non-enmity toward all beings.
In the midst of the Kurukṣetra discourse, Arjuna asks about the nature of exclusive devotion; the teaching responds by listing practical traits that mark such devotion and lead to union with the Divine.