Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 12, Verse 20

ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते । श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः

ye tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate | śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktāste'tīva me priyāḥ

Translation

They, verily, who follow this immortal Law described above, endued with faith, looking up to Me as the Supreme, and devoted, they are exceedingly dear to Me.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

ye

who

tu

indeed

dharmyāmṛtam

righteous, and, (that), nectar, and

idam

this

yathā

as

uktam

said

paryupāsate

worship

śraddadhānāḥ

faith-endowed

matparamāḥ

(believing in) me (as the Supreme)

bhaktāḥ

devotees

te

they

atīva

very

me

of (to) me

priyāḥ

dear

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

"They": the saṃnyāsins. "Immortal": as leading to immortality. "Above": in the portion beginning with xii.13. "Looking up to Me as the Supreme": whose highest unsurpassed goal is Myself, the Imperishable Self. "Devoted": resorting to the highest devotion, which consists in the knowledge of the Supreme Reality. What was implied in the words, "I am exceedingly dear to the wise man" (vii.17) has been explained at length and concluded here thus: "They are exceedingly dear to Me." The meaning of the verse is: Because he who follows the Immortal Law which has been now described becomes exceedingly dear to Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord, therefore this Immortal Law should be zealously followed by every seeker of Liberation, by every one who desires to attain to the Supreme Abode of Viṣṇu.