Verse 18.70
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः ।
ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः ॥
Transliteration
adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ |
jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
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.
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And whoever studies this sacred dialogue of ours, by him I shall be worshipped through the sacrifice of knowledge; that is my conviction.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Even one who simply studies this sacred dialogue (saṃvāda) between Krishna and Arjuna worships Krishna through the sacrifice of knowledge (jñāna-yajña). Krishna calls the conversation dharmya, in harmony with dharma. The verse treats careful study as an offering. Earlier in the dialogue Krishna had praised the sacrifice of knowledge above material sacrifices. Now reading and reflecting on the Gita itself is placed in that category.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08