🪷 Bhagavad-Gītā · 18.70
Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga · "The Yoga of Liberation & Renunciation" · Verse 70 of 78
🪷 English Translations
Five authentic English voices · each from a distinct sampradāya · together revealing the verse's full śabda-tattva.
Shri Purohit Swami · Poetic English · 1935 · public domain · Cosmo Press tradition
18.70 He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom.
Swami Sivananda · Direct prose · Divine Life Society
18.70 And he who will study this sacred dialogue of ours, by him I shall have been worshipped by the sacrifice of wisdom, such is My conviction.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Word-key glosses · Advaita Ashrama · Śaṅkara-school
18.70 Ca, and; even he yah, who; adhyesyate, will study; imam, this; samvadam, conversation, the text in the form of a dialogue; between avayoh, us two; which is dharmyam, conducive to virtue, not divorced from virtue; tena, by him; this will be accomplished through that study; aham, I; syam, shall be; istah, adored; jnana-yajnena, through the Sacrifice in the form of Knowledge. Iti, this is me, My; matih, judgement. As compared with the various sacrifices, viz rituals, loud prayer, prayer uttered in a low voice and mental prayer, the Sacrifice in the from of Knowledge is the best [See 4.33.] because it is mental. Hence, the study of the scripture Gita is praised as that Sacrifice in the form of Knowledge. Or, this (verse) may merely be a judgement about the result. The idea is that the result of the study is comparable to the result of the Sacrifice in the form of the knowledge of gods and others.
Now, this is the reward for the hearer:
Swami Ādidevānanda · Śrī-Vaiṣṇava perspective · Rāmānuja school
18.70 He who will study the dialogue between us, which is consistent with the path to realisation, by him I shall be worshipped through the sacrifice of knowledge. Such is My view. The meaning is that whateve sacrifice of knowledge is taught herein, by that I shall become worshipped by the mere fact of its study.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Academic precision · modern scholarly
18.70. Whosoever would learn this sacred dialogue of both of us, by him I am worshipped (delighted) through the knowledge-sacrifice : This is My opinion
🪷 English Commentaries · The Ācārya Voices
The classical commentary tradition rendered in English · each ācārya speaks from their own sampradāya · the seer chooses the depth of darśana.
Swami Sivananda · Verse-by-verse word-keys with Sanskrit anchors
18.70 अध्येष्यते shall study? च and? यः who? इमम् this? धर्म्यम् sacred? संवादम् dialogue? आवयोः of ours? ज्ञानयज्ञेन by the sacrifice of wisdom? तेन by him? अहम् I? इष्टः worshipped? स्याम् (I) shall have been? इति thus? मे My? मतिः conviction. Commentary There are four kinds of sacrifice -- Vidhi? Japa? Upamsu and Manasa. Vidhi is ritual. Japa is recitation of a Mantra. Upamsu is Japa done in a whisper. Of the four kinds? JnanaYajna or the wisdomsacrifice comes under Manasa and is? therefore? the highest. The Gita is eulogised as a JnanaYajna. He who studies this scripture with faith and devotion will attain the fruit that is eal to that of performing JnanaYajna or meditation on a deity and the like.
Swami Gambīrānanda · Advaita-school commentary (Śaṅkara tradition)
18.70 Ca, and; even he yah, who; adhyesyate, will study; imam, this; samvadam, conversation, the text in the form of a dialogue; between avayoh, us two; which is dharmyam, conducive to virtue, not divorced from virtue; tena, by him; this will be accomplished through that study; aham, I; syam, shall be; istah, adored; jnana-yajnena, through the Sacrifice in the form of Knowledge. Iti, this is me, My; matih, judgement. As compared with the various sacrifices, viz rituals, loud prayer, prayer uttered in a low voice and mental prayer, the Sacrifice in the from of Knowledge is the best [See 4.33.] because it is mental. Hence, the study of the scripture Gita is praised as that Sacrifice in the form of Knowledge. Or, this (verse) may merely be a judgement about the result. The idea is that the result of the study is comparable to the result of the Sacrifice in the form of the knowledge of gods and others.
Now, this is the reward for the hearer:
Swami Ādidevānanda · Rāmānuja Śrī-Vaiṣṇava commentary
18.70 He who will study the dialogue between us, which is consistent with the path to realisation, by him I shall be worshipped through the sacrifice of knowledge. Such is My view. The meaning is that whateve sacrifice of knowledge is taught herein, by that I shall become worshipped by the mere fact of its study.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan · Modern academic scholarship
18.70 See Comment under 18.72
Swami Chinmayānanda · Chinmaya Mission · modern Vedantic teaching
।।18.70।। गीता के समस्त उपदेष्टाओं को गौरवान्वित करने के पश्चात्? अब भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण उन विद्यार्थियों की भी प्रशंसा करते हैं? जो इस पवित्र भगवद्गीता का पठन करते हैं। अनन्तस्वरूप भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण और परिच्छिन्न जीवरूप अर्जुन के इस संवादरूप जीवन के तत्त्वज्ञान का अपना एक प्रबल आकर्षण है। जो लोग केवल इसका सतही पठन करते हैं? वे भी शनैशनै इसकी पावन गहराइयों में खिंचे चले जाते हैं। ऐसा पाठक अनजाने में ही आत्मदेव की तीर्थयात्रा पर चल पड़ता है? और फिर स्वाभाविक ही है कि ज्ञानयज्ञ के द्वारा वह आत्मविकास प्राप्त करता हैकर्मकाण्ड की यज्ञविधि में? एक यज्ञकुण्ड में अग्नि प्रज्वलित करके उसमें अग्नि देवता का आह्वान किया जाता है। तत्पश्चात् यजमान उसमें द्रव्यरूप आहुतियाँ अर्पण करता है। इसी साम्य से? गीता में इस मौलिक शब्द ज्ञानयज्ञ का प्रयोग किया गया है। अध्यात्मशास्त्रों के अध्ययन तथा उनके तात्पर्यार्थ पर चिन्तन मनन करने से साधकों के मन में ज्ञानाग्नि प्रज्वलित होती है। इस ज्ञानाग्नि में एक विवेकी साधक अपने अज्ञान? मिथ्या धारणाएं एवं दुष्प्रवृत्तियों की आहुतियाँ प्रदान करता है। रूपक की भाषा में प्रयुक्त इस शब्द ज्ञानयज्ञ का यही आशय है। इसलिए? जो साधकगण श्रवण? मनन और निदिध्यासन के द्वारा प्रज्वलित ज्ञानाग्नि में अपने अहंकार? स्वार्थ एवं अन्य वासनाओं की आहुतियां देकर शुद्ध हो जाते हैं? वे पुरुष निश्चय ही? ईश्वर के महान पूजक और भक्त है। वे सर्वथा अभिनन्दन के पात्र हैं।अब? इस ज्ञान के श्रोता की भी प्रशंसा करते हुए उसे प्राप्त होने वाले फल को बताते हैं
🪷 Place in the Bhagavad-Gītā
- This is verse 70 of 78 in Chapter 18 · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga (The Yoga of Liberation & Renunciation)
- Chapter theme: BG 18.66 sarva-dharmān parityajya · the Carama-Śloka · supreme refuge
- Ṣaṭka grouping: ANTYA-Ṣaṭka (BG 13-18 · the resolution)
- Chapter hub: /moksha-sannyasa
🪷 ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय 🪷
सर्वम् कृष्णार्पणम् — this verse is one maṇi (jewel) on Krishna's thread (BG 7.7)