Bhagavad Gita 18.69न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्िचन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः।भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि ॥
na cha tasmān manuṣhyeṣhu kaśhchin me
priya-kṛittamaḥ bhavitā na cha me tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi
Sanskrit recitation
The teaching is sealed · 18.67–18.78 · Scene
Translation
There is no one among men who does service dearer to Me, nor shall there be anyone on earth dearer to Me than him.
Hindi translation
उसके समान मेरा अत्यन्त प्रिय कार्य करनेवाला मनुष्योंमें कोई भी नहीं है और इस भूमण्डलपर उसके समान मेरा दूसरा कोई प्रियतर होगा भी नहीं।
Meaning
He who hands down this Gita to My devotees does immense service to Me. He is very dear to Me. There is none in the present generation who des dearer service to Me, nor shall there be in future also in this world.Bhuvi On earth in this world.
After Swami Sivananda
The teaching is sealed· 18.67–18.78→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 18.67Never speak this to one who is devoid of austerities or devotion, who does not render…
- 18.68He who, with supreme devotion to Me, teaches this supreme secret to My devotees, shall…
18.69There is no one among men who does service dearer to Me, nor shall there be anyone on…
- 18.70And he who studies this sacred dialogue of ours, by him I shall have been worshipped…
- 18.71Also, the man who hears this, full of faith and free from malice, shall attain to the…
- 18.72Has this been heard, O Arjuna, with one-pointed focus? Has the delusion of your ignorance…
- 18.73Arjuna said, "My delusion has been destroyed, for I have gained my knowledge (memory)…
- 18.74Sanjaya said, Thus, I have heard this wonderful dialogue between Krishna and the…
- 18.75Through the grace of Vyasa, I have heard this supreme and most secret Yoga, directly from…
- 18.76O King, remembering this wonderful and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I…
- 18.77And, remembering again and again that most wonderful form of Hari, I am filled with great…
- 18.78Wherever Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, is; and wherever Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, is;…
Word-by-word→
- me
- to me
- na
- never
- cha
- and
- bhuvi
- on this earth
- anyaḥ
- another
- tasmāt
- than them
- bhavitā
- will be
- kaśhchit
- anyone
- priya-taraḥ
- dearer
- manuṣhyeṣhu
- amongst human beings
- priya-kṛit-tamaḥ
- more dear
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