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तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते।

प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः।।7.17।।
 

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Shankaracharya

।।7.17।। तेषां चतुर्णां मध्ये ज्ञानी तत्त्ववित् तत्त्ववित्त्वात् नित्ययुक्तः भवति एकभक्तिश्च अन्यस्य भजनीयस्य अदर्शनात् अतः स एकभक्तिः विशिष्यते विशेषम् आधिक्यम् आपद्यते अतिरिच्यते इत्यर्थः। प्रियो हि यस्मात् अहम् आत्मा ज्ञानिनः अतः तस्य अहम् अत्यर्थं प्रियः प्रसिद्धं हि लोके आत्मा प्रियो भवति इति। तस्मात् ज्ञानिनः आत्मत्वात् वासुदेवः प्रियो भवतीत्यर्थः। स च ज्ञानी मम वासुदेवस्य आत्मैवेति मम अत्यर्थं प्रियः।। न तर्हि आर्तादयः त्रयः वासुदेवस्य प्रियाः न किं तर्हि

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

7.17 Of them, the man of Knowledge, endowed with constant steadfastness and one-pointed devotion, excels. For I am very much dear to the man of Knowledge, and he too is dear to Me.

English Translation Of Sri Shankaracharya's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Gambirananda

7.17 Tesam, of them, among the four; jnani, the man of Knowledge, the knower of Reality, is nitya-yuktah, endowed with constant steadfastness as a result of being a knower of Reality; and he also becomes eka-bhaktih, endowed with one-pointed devotion, because he finds no one else whom he can adore. Conseently, that person of one-pointed devotion visisyate, excels, becomes superior, i.e. he surpasses (the others). Hi, since; I, the Self, am priyah, dear; jnaninah, to the man of Knowledge; therefore aham, I; am atyartham, very much; priyah, dear to him. It is indeed a well known fact in the world that the Self is dear. The meaning, therefore, is that Vasudeva, being the Self of the man of Knowledge, is dear to him. And sah, he, the man of Knowledge, being the very Self of Me who am Vasudeva; is very much priyah, dear; mama, to Me. 'If that be so, then the other three-the afflicted and the others-are not dear to Vasudeva?' 'This is not so!' 'What then?'