Sanskrit · Devanagari
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः। ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882such is my opinion have offered to me the sacrifice of knowledge. And the man
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.70।। --,अध्येष्यते च पठिष्यति यः इमं धर्म्यं धर्मादनपेतं संवादरूपं ग्रन्थं आवयोः? तेन इदं कृतं स्यात्। ज्ञानयज्ञेन -- विधिजपोपांशुमानसानां यज्ञानां ज्ञानयज्ञः मानसत्वात् विशिष्टतमः इत्यतः तेन ज्ञानयज्ञेन गीताशास्त्रस्य अध्ययनं स्तूयते फलविधिरेव वा? देवतादिविषयज्ञानयज्ञफलतुल्यम् अस्य फलं भवतीति -- तेन अध्ययनेन अहम् इष्टः पूजितः स्यां भवेयम् इति मे मम मतिः निश्चयः।।अथ श्रोतुः इदं फलम् --,
9c655480ba95…Rāmānuja
18.70 He who will study the dialogue between us, which is consistent with the path to realisation, by him I shall be worshipped through the sacrifice of knowledge. Such is My view. The meaning is that whateve sacrifice of knowledge is taught herein, by that I shall become worshipped by the mere fact of its study.
73060dd97158…Swami Sivananda
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? the highest. The Gita is eulogised as a JnanaYajna. He who studies this scripture with faith and devotion will attain the fruit that is eal to that of performing JnanaYajna or meditation on a deity and the like.
4a5dc2b26d2a…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.