Bhagavad Gita 18.71श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श्रृणुयादपि यो नरः।सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥
śhraddhāvān anasūyaśh cha śhṛiṇuyād api yo naraḥ
so ‘pi muktaḥ śhubhāl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām
Sanskrit recitation
The teaching is sealed · 18.67–18.78 · Scene
Translation
Also, the man who hears this, full of faith and free from malice, shall attain to the happy worlds of those of righteous deeds, and be liberated.
Hindi translation
श्रद्धावान् और दोषदृष्टिसे रहित जो मनुष्य इस गीता-ग्रन्थको सुन भी लेगा, वह भी सम्पूर्ण पापोंसे मुक्त होकर पुण्यकारियोंके शुभ लोकोंको प्राप्त हो जायगा।
Meaning
Liberated from sin.Punyakarmanam Of those who have done Agnihotra and such other sacrifices.He too Much more so who understands the teachings of the Gita, lives in its spirit and who practises the most valuable spiritual instructions contained in it.
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→
- api
- also
- cha
- and
- saḥ
- that person
- yaḥ
- who
- lokān
- abodes
- naraḥ
- a person
- muktaḥ
- liberated
- śhubhān
- the auspicious
- anasūyaḥ
- without envy
- prāpnuyāt
- attain
- śhraddhā-vān
- faithful
- śhṛiṇuyāt
- listen
- puṇya-karmaṇām
- of the pious
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