Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Noble indeed are all these; but the wise man, I deem, is the very Self; for, steadfast in mind, he resorts to Me alone as the unsurpassed goal.
BG 7.18
उदाराः सर्व एवैते ज्ञानी त्वात्मैव मे मतम् | आस्थितः स हि युक्तात्मा मामेवानुत्तमां गतिम् ||१८||
udārāḥ sarva evaite jñānī tv ātmaiva me matam | āsthitaḥ sa hi yuktātmā mām evānuttamāṃ gatim || 18 ||
"Noble are all — but the jñānī I regard as My very Self; with united mind, resting in Me alone as the supreme goal."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]Noble indeed are they all, but the wise man I regard as My very Self; for with the mind steadfast, he is established in Me alone, as the supreme goal.
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]Noble are all these, but the Wise I hold to be My very Self. For he is united to Me as the highest goal, along the path of the road divine.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]All these are noble, but I consider the man of wisdom to be my very self, for he, devoted and single-minded, remains in union with me, who am the highest path.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]All these are noble souls, but I deem the Wise Man as Myself. For he, with spirit fixed on Me, hath set his love on Me, the Goal Supreme.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]All these are indeed noble; but the wise man, I think, is even as Myself, for with his self well concentrated, he resorts to me alone as the highest path.