Verse 8.27

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 8.27:

नैते सृती पार्थ जानन् योगी मुह्यति कश्चन ।
तस्मात् सर्वेषु कालेषु योग-युक्तो भवार्जुन ॥ २७ ॥

naite sṛtī pārtha jānan yogī muhyati kaścana |
tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu yoga-yukto bhavārjuna || 27 ||

na–not; ete–these; sṛtī–two paths; pārtha–O son of Pṛthā; jānan–knowing; yogī–the transcendentalist; muhyati–is bewildered; kaścana–ever; tasmāt–therefore; sarveṣu–at all; kāleṣu–times; yoga-yuktaḥ–connected in yoga; bhava–be; arjuna–O Arjuna.

O Pārtha, yogīs who have knowledge of these two paths are never bewildered. Therefore, O Arjuna, always remain fixed in yoga.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

Knowledge of these two paths gives rise to discrimination;thus in this verse beginning with naite, a person with this knowledge, a jñānī, is glorified. Śrī Bhagavān says to Arjuna, “Become a bhakti-yogī.” In other words, “Become a person of composed mind.”

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Prakāśikā-vṛtti

(By Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja; the explanation that illuminates the commentary named Sārārtha-varṣiṇī)

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura quotes Kṛṣṇa as saying, “Devotees are never deluded because they remain fixed in bhakti-yoga with knowledge that is based on tattva. Therefore, they know the real distinction between these two paths, and they take shelter of the path of bhakti, which transcends both. That is, they take shelter of one-pointed devotion, or ananyā-bhakti-yoga, knowing both paths to be miserable. Therefore, O Arjuna, you should take shelter of that yoga only.”