Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 12: The Path of Devotion

Bhagavad Gita 12.20

ye tu dharmyāmṛtamidaṃ yathoktaṃ paryupāsate | śraddadhānā matparamā bhaktāste'tīva me priyāḥ ||

But those who follow this nectar of dharma just as I have described it, full of faith and holding me as supreme: those devotees are exceedingly dear to me.

Modern context

The chapter ends by calling this whole teaching 'the nectar of dharma'. Those who follow it with faith are 'exceedingly dear'. The last word of the chapter is priyah, dear. After all the cosmic imagery of chapter 11, the Gita returns to the language of love. The relationship between the seeker and the divine is not one of master and servant, but of beloved and beloved.