Verse 13.26
अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वान्येभ्य उपासते ।
तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणाः ॥
Transliteration
anye tvevamajānantaḥ śrutvānyebhya upāsate |
te'pi cātitarantyeva mṛtyuṃ śrutiparāyaṇāḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
Others also, not knowing thus, worship, having heard of It from others; they, too, cross beyond death, regarding what they have heard as the Supreme refuge.
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Yet others, not knowing in this way, worship after hearing from others. They too, devoted to what they have heard, certainly cross beyond death.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna adds a fourth group, perhaps the largest. Some people do not have the capacity for meditation, analysis or disciplined action of the kinds just described. They hear the teaching from others and worship according to it. They too, Krishna says, cross beyond death, because they hold faithfully to what they have heard. The verse is deeply inclusive. It honours the ordinary believer who relies on teachers and scripture, not on personal insight. Sincere trust in what is heard is itself a path, and its fruit is no less than freedom from death.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08