Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga, verse 47
योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना।
श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः ॥
Say ityoginām api sarveṣhāṁ mad-gatenāntar-ātmanā
śhraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ
Translation
And among all the Yogis, he who, full of faith and with his inner self merged in Me, worships Me is deemed by Me to be the most devoted.
Swami Sivananda
Even among all the yogis, he who adores Me with his mind fixed on Me and with faith is considered by Me to be the best of the yogis.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
He who, with faith, worships Me, and whose innermost self is fixed in Me, I consider him to be the greatest of the Yogins.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
He who has faith and serves Me with his inner self devoted to Me, is considered by Me to be the best of all yogis.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
I look upon him as the best of mystics, who, full of faith, worships Me and abides in Me.
Shri Purohit Swami
सम्पूर्ण योगियोंमें भी जो श्रद्धावान् भक्त मुझमें तल्लीन हुए मनसे मेरा भजन करता है, वह मेरे मतमें सर्वश्रेष्ठ योगी है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
समस्त योगियों में जो भी श्रद्धावान् योगी मुझ में युक्त हुये अन्तरात्मा से (अर्थात् एकत्व भाव से मुझे भजता है, वह मुझे युक्ततम (सर्वश्रेष्ठ) मान्य है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.