BG 12.20
ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते
श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः
ye tu dharmyāmṛtam idaṃ
yathoktaṃ paryupāsate
śraddadhānā matparamā
bhaktās te 'tīva me priyāḥ
SYNONYMS
ye: those | tu: But | dharmyāmṛtam: this nectar of virtuous duty | idam: this | yathā-uktam: as taught above | paryupāsate: follow | śraddadhānāḥ: who are full of faith | mat-paramāḥ: and who regard Me as the Supreme | bhaktāḥ: devotees | te: they | atīva: exceedingly | me: to Me | priyāḥ: are dear |
TRANSLATION
But those devotees who follow this nectar of virtuous duty as taught above, who are full of faith and who regard Me as the Supreme—they are exceedingly dear to Me.
PURPORT
But those who follow Bhakti Yoga—’which is a nectar of virtuous duty,’ i.e., which is at once virtuous duty and nectar, and which even as a means, is equal to its end in conferring bliss on those who follow it as stated above, i.e., in the manner taught in the stanza beginning with ‘Those who, focusing their minds on Me’ (12.2)—such devotees are exceedingly dear to Me.