Chapter 12: Bhakti-yoga – Practice and Attainment of Devotion: Verse 20
ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते ।
श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रिया: ॥
ye tu dharmyāmṛtam-idaṃ
yathoktaṃ paryupāsate
śraddadhānā mat-paramā
bhaktās-te’tīva me priyā: – 12.20
Those devotees who strive to follow this nectarine, righteous path as detailed by Me here, with sufficient attention, holding Me, the Supreme, as the most desirable in life, are extremely dear to Me.
Chapter 12: Bhakti-yoga – Practice and Attainment of Devotion - Verse 20
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
So far Krishna was using the singular number; but here he uses the plural number with great relevance, indicating that this path of wholesome devotion can be followed by many. If followed with sufficient attention, this applicational devotion constitutes the full path of dharma. The seeker does not have to care for any other codes of conduct. Such devotees become extremely dear to Krishna.
Dharma is that law of living which has the intrinsic power to sustain the practitioner in any situation in life. It is the law of sustenance, power of sustenance. Dharma consists of many codes of conduct, many a discipline, restraint and refinement. All these become redundant for one given to the devotional dharma as detailed by Krishna.
Krishna declares that all those given to this devotional path are extremely dear to him (the Supreme), and are exceedingly blessed.
