Chapter 18, Verse 55
भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः। ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम्।।18.55।।
bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yāvānyaścāsmi tattvataḥ. tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram.18.55.
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- भक्त्या
- by devotion
- माम्
- me
- अभिजानाति
- he knows truly/fully
- यावान्
- how great (I am)
- यः च अस्मि
- and what I am
- तत्त्वतः
- in reality/truth
- ततः
- then
- माम्
- me
- तत्त्वतः
- in truth
- ज्ञात्वा
- having known
- विशते
- he enters
- तदनन्तरम्
- immediately thereafter
Commentary
55. By Devotion he knows Me in truth, what and who I am ; then, knowing Me in truth, he forthwith entersinto Me.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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भक्त्या
माम्
अभिजानाति
यावान्
यः च अस्मि
तत्त्वतः
ततः
माम्
तत्त्वतः
ज्ञात्वा
विशते
तदनन्तरम्
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