तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते | प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate . priyo hi jñānino.atyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ
在這四種人中,那恆常專注、一心奉獻的智者最為殊勝。因為我極其鍾愛智者,而他亦為我所鍾愛。
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.
「一心奉獻」(Ekabhaktih)意指對至高存在不渝、專一的奉獻。「智者奉獻者」(Jnani Bhakta)超越一切宗派、信條、形式宗教或社會規範。由於智者恆常與至高者和諧一致,並專一奉獻於唯一真理,因此他被視為超越所有其他奉獻者。因為我就是他的「內在自性」(Antaratman),所以我對他極其鍾愛。每個人都最愛自己的自性(Atman),自性對每個人來說都非常珍貴。智者就是我的自性,他對我來說也同樣珍貴。
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)