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BG 18.70 — 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. | Live Gita
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अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः |
ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः ||१८-७०||

adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ . jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ ||18-70||


।।18.70।। जो पुरुष, हम दोनों के इस धर्ममय संवाद का पठन करेगा, उसके द्वारा मैं ज्ञानयज्ञ से पूजित होऊँगा - ऐसा मेरा मत है।।

Word-by-word meanings

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?

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।18.70।।जो भी कोई --, जो मनुष्य? हम दोनोंके संवादरूप इस धर्मयुक्त गीताग्रन्थको पढ़ेगा? उसके द्वारा यह होगा कि मैं ज्ञानयज्ञसे ( पूजित होऊँगा )? विधियज्ञ? जपयज्ञ? उपांशुयज्ञ और मानसयज्ञ -- इन चार यज्ञोंमें ज्ञानयज्ञ मानस है इसलिये श्रेष्ठतम है। अतः उस ज्ञानयज्ञकी समानतासे गीताशास्त्रके अध्ययनकी स्तुति करते हैं। अथवा यों समझो कि यह फलविधि है यानी इसका फल देवतादिविषयक ज्ञानयज्ञके समान होता है। उस अध्ययनसे मैं ( ज्ञानयज्ञद्वारा ) पूजित होता हूँ? ऐसा मेरा निश्चय है।,

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Swami Gambirananda

18.70 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.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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