BG 18.55

भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः ।
ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ॥
bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ
tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram

Word-for-word meanings

bhaktyā — through that supreme devotion;  abhijānāti — one fully realizes;  mām — Me;  tattvataḥ — in truth;  yāvān — what the extent of My glories are;  ca — and;  yaḥ — who [in My essential nature];  asmi — I am;  tat-anantaram — thereafter;  jñātvā — on knowing;  mām — Me;  tattvataḥ — in reality;  tataḥ — through that [i.e., through such devotion];  viśate — one enters [into Me].

Translation

Through that supreme devotion, one fully realizes Me in truth, what the extent of My glories are and who I am in My essential nature. Thereafter, on knowing Me in reality through such devotion, one enters into Me [achieves sāyujya liberation*].

Notes

* There are five types of liberation, sāyujya being one of them. It means the state of complete identity with the Absolute.

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