उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् | आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम्
udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tvātmaiva me matam . āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā māmevānuttamāṃ gatim
All diese sind wahrlich edel, doch der Wissende ist Mein eigenes Selbst – das ist Meine Ansicht. Denn er, dessen Geist gefestigt ist, ist auf Mich allein gerichtet, das höchste Ziel.
All of these, indeed, are noble, but the man of Knowledge is the very Self. (This is) My opinion. For, with a steadfast mind, he is set on the path leading to Me alone who am the super-excellent Goal.
Obwohl alle vier Arten von Verehrern edel sind, betrachtet Krishna den Wissenden (Jñānī) als Sein eigenes Selbst. Der Wissende hat seinen Geist fest auf Brahman gerichtet, begehrt keine weltlichen Objekte und strebt allein nach dem Höchsten Wesen, da er die Einheit mit dem Höchsten Selbst erkennt.
Are not the other three kinds of devotees dear to the Lord They are. They are all noble souls. But the wise man is exceedingly dear because he has a steady mind he has fixed his mind on Brahman. He does not want any worldly object? but only the Supreme Being. He seeks Brahman alone as the supreme goal. He practises Ahamgraha Upasana (meditation on the Self as the all). He tries to realise that he is identical with the Supreme Self. Therefore I regard a wise man as My very Self. (Cf.II.49)