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The Blessed Lord said Those who, fixing their mind on Me, worship Me, ever steadfast and endowed with supreme faith, are the best in Yoga in My opinion.

The Lord said: Those who fix their minds on me and worship me, ever joined, filled with supreme faith, I consider the most fully joined.

Krishna replies that those who fix their minds on him, worship him with constant devotion and are filled with supreme faith (śraddhā) are, in his view, the most fully joined in yoga. The answer affirms the path of personal devotion. Yet the word chosen, yuktatama, most fully joined, suggests a comparison of degree rather than a rejection of the other path. The following verses make clear that those who worship the unmanifest also reach the goal. Krishna's preference is pastoral as much as doctrinal.