तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते ।प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktirviśiṣyate |priyo hi jñānino'tyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ ||
Among them, the knower, ever steadfast and single-minded in devotion, stands out. For I am exceedingly dear to the knower, and he is dear to me.
Explanation
Krishna has just named four kinds of people who worship him: the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of wealth or benefit, and the knower (jñānī). Here he says the knower is the best of them. This person is always united with him (nitya-yukta) and has single-pointed devotion (eka-bhakti), wanting nothing else. Their love for each other is mutual.