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TEXT 17 tesam jnani nitya-yukta
SYNONYMS  tesam--out
of them; jnani--one in full knowledge; nitya-yuktah--always
engaged; eka--only one; bhaktih--in devotional service; visisyate--especially;
priyah--very dear; hi--certainly; jnaninah--person
in knowledge; atyartham--highly; aham--I am; sah--he;
ca--also; mama--Mine; priyah--dear.
TRANSLATION Of these,
the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotional
service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.
PURPORT Free from all
contaminations of material desires, the distressed, the inquisitive, the
penniless, and the seeker after supreme knowledge can all become pure devotees.
But out of them, he who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth and free
from all material desires becomes a really pure devotee of the Lord. And
of the four orders, the devotee who is in full knowledge and is at the
same time engaged in devotional service is, the Lord says, the best. By
searching after knowledge one realizes that his self is different from
his material body, and when further advanced he comes to the knowledge
of impersonal Brahman and Paramatma. When one is fully purified, he realizes
that his constitutional position is to be the eternal servant of God. So
by association with pure devotees, the inquisitive, the distressed, the
seeker after material amelioration and the man in knowledge all become
themselves pure. But in the preparatory stage, the man who is in full knowledge
of the Supreme Lord and is at the same time executing devotional service
is very dear to the Lord. He who is situated in pure knowledge of the transcendence
of the Supreme Personality of God is so protected in devotional service
that material contaminations cannot touch him.
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