Sanskrit
मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते । श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः ॥
mayy āveśya mano ye māṃ nityayuktā upāsate śraddhayā parayopetās te me yuktatamā matāḥ
Translation
They who with mind fixed on Me ever harmonised worship Me, with faith supreme endowed, these, in My opinion, are best in yoga.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Krishna answers without hedging: devotion to his personal form, held with supreme faith, is “yuktatama” — best in yoga. The verdict is delivered first; the reasoning behind it (why this path is easier for embodied beings) doesn’t arrive until verse 5, after the alternative has been described in verses 3-4.