13.11

Sanskrit

मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी । विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि ॥

mayi cānanyayogena bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī viviktadeśasevitvam aratir janasaṃsadi

Translation

Unflinching devotion to Me by yoga, without other objects, resort to sequestered places, absence of enjoyment in the company of men,

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

Unwavering devotion to Krishna specifically, plus a preference for solitude over crowds, rounds out the list with something the earlier items didn’t have: a relational rather than purely internal criterion. It’s a reminder that this chapter’s jnana isn’t pure Samkhya-style analytical knowledge — it folds bhakti in as one of its constituent qualities, anticipating chapter 12’s fuller treatment of devotion as its own path to the same goal.