B.G 9.34

Fix your mind on Me; become My devotee; sacrifice to Me and bow to Me. Thus, uniting yourself with Me, wholly devoted, you shall surely come to Me.

Gīta Bhāshya 9.34

Conduct to be practiced by true devotee is highlighted. Conduct is stated to be a means for knowledge, and in the absence of knowledge, there is no proper devotion. Devotion to the Supreme, direct experience of one's own essence, and dispassion toward all else - this triad arises simultaneously.

"That (devotion), increasing in one who has faith, produces dispassion in a person towards all else."

- stated thus as well.

"I have studied the Vedas, O Lord of the worlds; I have practiced austerity; never have I uttered a falsehood. I always worship my teachers and have never revealed the secrets of the Supreme. I possess the four hidden truths according to scripture, and I always remain equal towards friend and foe. I have surrendered to that Divine One and worship Him ceaselessly with undivided devotion. With such means and a purified heart, why should I not behold this Infinite One?"

-stated thus in the Moksha Dharma (section of the Mahabharata).

Since conduct is stated to be a means for knowledge, and in the absence of knowledge, there is no proper devotion. Thus, indeed, it is shown in the works of Gautama:

"Without knowledge, from where comes devotion? And without devotion, from where that (knowledge)?"

- stated thus.

"Devotion to the Supreme, direct experience of one's own essence, and dispassion toward all else - this triad arises simultaneously."

-stated thus in the Bhagavata.

Thus concludes the night chapter in the commentary on the Bhagavad Gītā, composed by the glorious revered Ānanda Tīrtha Bhagavatpāda Ācārya

Om, thus ends the ninth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, which is part of the Upanishads and the Yoga Shastra, in the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, known as the 'Rājavidyā-Rājyaguhya Yogo', in the study of Brahma Vidya (knowledge of the Absolute).