Sanskrit
ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते । श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः ॥
ye tu dharmyāmṛtam idaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktās te 'tīva me priyāḥ
Translation
They verily who partake of this life-giving wisdom as taught herein, endued with faith, I their supreme Object, devotees, they are surpassingly dear to Me.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The closing verse steps back from the list of qualities and names it directly as dharmyāmṛta, “the nectar of righteousness,” tying it to faith (śraddadhānāḥ) and to Krishna as supreme object (matparamāḥ). It reframes verses 13-19 retroactively: the catalogue wasn’t free-standing ethics, it’s the actual content of devotion, matching the emphasis on śraddhā that opened the chapter’s answer back in verse 2.