18.69 न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः।भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि
na ca tasmān
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na—no;cha—and;tasmāt—than them;manuṣhyeṣhu—amongst human beings;kaśhchit—anyone;me—to me;priya-kṛit-tamaḥ—more dear;bhavitā—will be;na—never;cha—and;me—to me;tasmāt—than them;anyaḥ—another;priya-taraḥ—dearer;bhuvi—on this earth
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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And, except for him, there would be no one among men who is the best performer of what is dear to Me; and there shall be no one else dearer to Me on earth.
Nor is there among men any who can perform a service dearer to Me than this, or any man on earth more beloved by Me than he.
Not among men is there any one who does dearer service to Me than he. Nor shall there be another on earth dearer to Me than he.
And as compared with him, none else among human beings is the best accomplisher of what is dear to Me. Moreover, nor will there be anyone else in the world dearer to Me than he.
Nor is there any among men who does dearer service to Me, nor shall there be another on earth dearer to Me than he.
18.71 श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नरः।सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्
śraddhāvān
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śhraddhā-vān—faithful;anasūyaḥ—without envy;cha—and;śhṛiṇuyāt—listen;api—certainly;yaḥ—who;naraḥ—a person;saḥ—that person;api—also;muktaḥ—liberated;śhubhān—the auspicious;lokān—abodes;prāpnuyāt—attain;puṇya-karmaṇām—of the pious
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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A man who would at least hear this with faith and without indignation—he too, freed from sins, will attain the auspicious worlds of those who have performed meritorious acts.
Yea, he who listens to it with faith and without doubt, even he, freed from evil, shalt rise to the worlds which the virtuous attain through righteous deeds.
And the man who listens to it with faith and without cavilling, he too shall be released, and shall reach the auspicious realms of those who have performed virtuous deeds.
Any man who, being reverential and free from cavilling, might even hear (this), he too, becoming free, shall attain the blessed worlds of those who perform virtuous deeds.
The man also who hears this, full of faith and free from malice, he, too, liberated, shall attain to the happy worlds of those of righteous deeds.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.70 अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः।ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः
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Word meanings
adhyeṣhyate—study;cha—and;yaḥ—who;imam—this;dharmyam—sacred;saṁvādam—dialogue;āvayoḥ—of ours;jñāna—of knowledge;yajñena-tena—through the sacrifice of knowledge;aham—I;iṣhṭaḥ—worshipped;syām—shall be;iti—such;me—my;matiḥ—opinion
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Whoever would learn this sacred dialogue of both of us, by them I am delighted through the knowledge-sacrifice: This is my opinion.
He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom.
And he who will study his dialogue of ours which is consistent with Dharma, by him I shall be worshipped through the sacrifice of knowledge; such is My view.
And he who will study this sacred conversation between us two, which is conducive to virtue, by him I shall be adored through the Sacrifice in the form of Knowledge. This is My judgement.
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.
