भक्त्या मामभिजानाति यावान्यश्चास्मि तत्त्वतः | ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ||१८-५५||
bhaktyā māmabhijānāti yāvānyaścāsmi tattvataḥ . tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tadanantaram ||18-55||
- bhaktyā
- by pure devotional service
- mām
- Me
- abhijānāti
- one can know
- yāvān
- as much as
- yaḥ ca asmi
- as I am
- tattvataḥ
- in truth
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- mām
- Me
- tattvataḥ
- in truth
- jñātvā
- knowing
- viśate
- he enters
- tat-anantaram
- thereafter
One can understand Me as I am, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of Me by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God.