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Bhagavad Gita 14.26

मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्ितयोगेन सेवते।स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते।।

māṁ cha yo ’vyabhichāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
māmmāmme
chachaonly
yaḥyaḥwho
avyabhichāreṇaavyabhichāreṇaunalloyed
bhakti-yogenabhakti-yogenathrough devotion
sevatesevateserve
saḥsaḥthey
guṇānguṇānthe three modes of material nature
samatītyasamatītyarise above
etānetānthese
brahma-bhūyāyabrahma-bhūyāyalevel of Brahman
kalpatekalpatecomes to

And he who serves Me with unwavering devotion, he, crossing beyond the dualities, is fit for becoming Brahman.

जो पुरुष अव्यभिचारी भक्तियोग के द्वारा मेरी सेवा अर्थात् उपासना करता है, वह इन तीनों गुणों के अतीत होकर ब्रह्म बनने के लिये योग्य हो जाता है।।