सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः श्रृणु मे परमं वचः ।इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम् ॥
sarvaguhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ śrṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ |iṣṭo'si me dṛḍhamiti tato vakṣyāmi te hitam ||
Listen once more to my supreme word, the most secret of all. You are dear to me, of that I am certain, and so I will tell you what is for your good.
Explanation
Krishna has just given Arjuna freedom to reflect and choose. Now he adds a final, most confidential teaching, and says he offers it out of affection and concern for Arjuna's good (hita). The teaching itself follows in the next verse.