Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]By Devotion he knows Me in truth, what and who I am; then, knowing Me in truth, he forthwith enters into Me.
BG 18.55
भक्त्या माम् अभिजानाति यावान् यश् चास्मि तत्त्वतः । ततो मां तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा विशते तदनन्तरम् ॥
bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ | tato māṃ tattvato jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram ||
"By bhakti one truly knows what and who I am; then knowing Me truly, one enters into Me immediately."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]By devotion he knows Me in reality, what and who I am; then having known Me in reality, he forthwith enters into Me.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]MISSING from index.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]By that devotion he truly understands Me. What I am, and who I am; then understanding Me truly, he enters into Me forthwith.