BG 7.17
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते ।
प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥
प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥
teṣāṁ jñānī nitya-yukta eka-bhaktir viśiṣyate
priyo hi jñānino ’tyartham ahaṁ sa ca mama priyaḥ
priyo hi jñānino ’tyartham ahaṁ sa ca mama priyaḥ
Word-for-word meanings
teṣām — out of these; jñānī — the person endowed with wisdom; nitya-yuktaḥ — who is ever united [with Me]; eka-bhaktiḥ — [and] invested with exclusive devotion; viśiṣyate — is preeminent; hi — indeed; aham — I [am]; atyartham — exceedingly; priyaḥ — dear; jñāninaḥ — to the wise person; ca — and; saḥ — he; priyaḥ — [is] dear; mama — to Me.
Translation
Out of these, the person endowed with wisdom, who is ever united with Me and invested with exclusive devotion, is preeminent. Indeed, I am exceedingly dear to the wise person and he is dear to Me.