Sanskrit · Devanagari
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः। भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścinme priyakṛttamaḥ bhavitā na ca me tasmādanyaḥ priyataro bhuvi
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882No one amongst men is superior to him in doing what is dear to me. And there will never be another on earth dearer to me than he. And he who will study this holy dialogue of ours will
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.69।। --,न च तस्मात् शास्त्रसंप्रदायकृतः मनुष्येषु मनुष्याणां मध्ये कश्चित् मे मम प्रियकृत्तमः अतिशयेन प्रियकरः? अन्यः प्रियकृत्तमः? नास्त्येव इत्यर्थः वर्तमानेषु। न च भविता भविष्यत्यपि काले तस्मात् द्वितीयः अन्यः प्रियतरः प्रियकृत्तरः भुवि लोकेऽस्मिन् न भविता।।योऽपि --,
4e49b0af13e0…Rāmānuja
18.69 There never exists nor has existed anyone other than such a person as described, who does greater service to Me than he. In the future too, there will not be another such. The first reference is to those who are not worthy to hear the Gita. It is meant to teach that explaining it to them is more displeasing to the Lord than not teaching to those who are worthy.
a4f9f896dac6…Swami Sivananda
18.69 न not? च and? तस्मात् than he? मनुष्येषु among men? कश्चित् any? मे of Me? प्रियकृत्तमः one who does dearer service? भविता shall be? न not? च and? मे of Me? तस्मात् than he? अन्यः another? प्रियतरः dearer? भुवि on the earth.Commentary 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.
52b8cd8d5781…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.