Bhagavad Gita · Bhakti YogaChapter 12, Shloka 20 (12.20)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते
श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः
॥ 12.20 ॥
ye tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate
śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktāste'tīva me priyāḥ
Translation
"But those devotees, full of faith and holding me as the supreme goal, who partake of this nectar of dharma as it has been taught — they are exceedingly dear to me."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. dharmād anapetaṃ dharmyaṃ ca tat amṛtaṃ ca tat, amṛtatvahetutvāt — bound up with dharma and a nectar, because it is the cause of immortality; paryupāsate anutiṣṭhanti — they put it into practice; priyo hi jñānino'tyartham iti yat sūcitaṃ tat vyākhyāya iha upasaṃhṛtam — the hint of 7.17 is completed here; tasmāt idaṃ dharmyāmṛtaṃ mumukṣuṇā yatnataḥ anuṣṭheyam.
Acharya Ramanuja. ye tu prāpyasamaṃ prāpakaṃ bhaktiyogaṃ yathoktaṃ mayy āveśya mano ye mām (gītā 12.2) ityādinā uktena prakāreṇa upāsate — those who practise bhakti-yoga, which is equal to the goal itself (as stated in 12.2); te bhaktā atitarāṃ me priyāḥ.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.