Sanskrit
योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना । श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः ॥
yoginām api sarveṣāṃ madgatenāntarātmanā śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṃ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ
Translation
And among all Yogis, he who, full of faith, with the inner Self abiding in Me, adoreth Me, he is considered by Me to be the most completely harmonised.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The chapter’s final verse narrows verse 46’s already-elevated category of “yogi” one step further: among all yogis, the one whose inner self is fixed on Krishna specifically, in devotion, is named the most fully yoked. It’s a deliberate bridge into chapter 7, where bhakti becomes the Gita’s explicit organizing theme, and it retroactively reframes verses 10–32’s meditation instructions as ultimately in service of a devotional, not merely psychological, goal.
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