तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते |\nप्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ||७-१७||
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate .\npriyo hi jñānino.atyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ ||7-17||
Amongst these, I consider them to be the highest, who worship Me with knowledge, and are steadfastly and exclusively devoted to Me. I am very dear to them and they are very dear to Me.