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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 70 (18.70)

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 70 (18.70)

अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः । ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः | | १८-७० | |

adhyeṣhyate cha ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁvādamāvayoḥ jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣhṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ

Word-by-word guide:
Line 1:
  • अध्येष्यते (adhyeṣhyate) — अध्ययन करेगा(will study)
  • (cha) — और(and)
  • यः (yah) — जो(who)
  • इमम् (imam) — इस(this)
  • धर्म्यम् (dharmyam) — धार्मिक(sacred)
  • संवादम् (saṁvādam) — संवाद(dialogue)
  • आवयोः (āvayoḥ) — हम दोनों का(of ours)
Line 2:
  • ज्ञानयज्ञेन (jñāna-yajñena) — ज्ञान यज्ञ से(by the sacrifice of knowledge)
  • तेन (tena) — उससे(by him)
  • अहम् (aham) — मैं(I)
  • इष्टः (iṣhṭaḥ) — प्रिय(shall be worshiped)
  • स्याम् (syām) — होऊंगा(shall be worshiped)
  • इति (iti) — ऐसा(thus)
  • मे (me) — मेरा(My)
  • मतिः (matiḥ) — मत(belief)

English: He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure you, he will thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom.

💡 Commentary Note

Studying this dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna is a form of worship through wisdom (Gyan-yajna).

Learnings from Shloka 70:
  • Study as Worship:: Reading and understanding the Gita is a sacred mental offering (Gyan-yajna).
  • Intellectual Purification:: Filling the mind with spiritual truths elevates the intellect.

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