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Bhagavad Gita 12.2

श्री भगवान उवाच मय्यावेश्य मनो ये मां नित्ययुक्ता उपासते।श्रद्धया परयोपेतास्ते मे युक्ततमा मताः।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha mayy āveśhya mano ye māṁ nitya-yuktā upāsate śhraddhayā parayopetās te me yuktatamā matāḥ

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SanskritTransliterationMeaning
śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaśhrī-bhagavān uvāchathe Blessed Lord said
mayimayion me
āveśhyaāveśhyafix
manaḥmanaḥthe mind
yeyethose
māmmāmme
nitya yuktāḥnitya yuktāḥalways engaged
upāsateupāsateworship
śhraddhayāśhraddhayāwith faith
parayāparayābest
upetāḥupetāḥendowed
tetethey
memeby me
yukta-tamāḥyukta-tamāḥsituated highest in Yog
matāḥmatāḥI consider

The Blessed Lord said, "In My opinion, those who fix their minds on Me, worship Me ever steadfastly, and are endowed with supreme faith, are the best in Yoga."

श्रीभगवान् ने कहा -- मुझमें मन को एकाग्र करके नित्ययुक्त हुए जो भक्तजन परम श्रद्धा से युक्त होकर मेरी उपासना करते हैं, वे, मेरे मत से, युक्ततम हैं अर्थात् श्रेष्ठ हैं।।