Sloka 7.17
7.17
तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्ितर्विशिष्यते ।
प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोऽत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः ॥
తేషాం జ్ఞానీ నిత్యయుక్త ఏకభక్ితర్విశిష్యతే ।
ప్రియో హి జ్ఞానినోఽత్యర్థమహం స చ మమ ప్రియః ॥
teṣāṃ jñānī nityayukta ekabhaktarviśiṣyate |
priyo hi jñānino’tyarthamahaṃ sa ca mama priyaḥ ||
About chapter 7
Krishna describes his two natures: the lower, made of the eight elements of matter, and the higher, the life force that sustains the world. Everything rests in him like pearls on a thread. He describes four kinds of people who worship him — the distressed, the seeker of knowledge, the seeker of wealth and the wise — and says the wise one is dearest to him.