तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते | प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate . priyo hi jñānino.atyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ
他们之中,那恒常专注、一心奉献的智者最为卓越。因为我极受智者喜爱,而他亦为我所爱。
Of them, the man of Knowledge, endowed with constant steadfastness and one-pointed devotion, excels. For I am very much dear to the man of Knowledge, and he too is dear to Me.
“一心奉献”(Ekabhakti)意味着对至高无上者的坚定不移、专一的奉献。智者(Jnani)超越所有教派、信条、形式化的宗教或社会规则。由于智者恒常与神和谐,并专注于唯一的存在,他被认为是所有奉献者中最卓越的。因为我就是他的真我(Antaratma),所以我对他极其亲爱。每个人都最爱自己的真我,而智者就是我的真我,他对我亦是亲爱的。
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)