Chapter 7 · Verse 17 · Gyaan Vigyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 7.17
Sanskrit
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते। प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः।।7.17।।
Transliteration
teṣhāṁ jñānī nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir viśhiṣhyate priyo hi jñānino ’tyartham ahaṁ sa cha mama priyaḥ
Word by Word
Among all seekers, the person of true knowledge stands supreme—one whose devotion flows like an unbroken river toward the Divine. Krishna reveals His deepest intimacy here: the wise one who knows Me is the one I cherish most, and that soul cherishes Me equally.
This is not flattery but the natural law of consciousness—when the mind recognizes the infinite within the finite, love becomes inevitable, and that mutual recognition transforms both the lover and the Beloved. In your own spiritual life, this verse invites you to understand that genuine wisdom is not intellectual accumulation but the lived recognition that you and the Divine are not separate—and from that recognition, devotion flows effortlessly.
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Bhagavad Gita 7.17 — BG 7.17
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