18.70 One who studies this dialogue Krishna speaks
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः
ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः
adhyeṣhyate cha ya imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṁvādam āvayoḥ
jñāna-yajñena tenāham iṣhṭaḥ syām iti me matiḥ
And one who studies this dialogue of ours, which is holy, worships me by the offering of knowledge. This is my view.
Explanation
One who studies this dialogue.
saṁvādam — conversation. Studying it counts as worship by the offering of knowledge.
The Gita calls itself a conversation here, not a scripture. And 4.33 ranked the offering of knowledge above the offering of possessions, which makes reading this the higher sacrifice.
Word by word
- adhyeṣhyate
- study
- cha
- and
- yaḥ
- who
- imam
- this
- dharmyam
- sacred
- saṁvādam
- dialogue
- āvayoḥ
- of ours
- jñāna
- of knowledge
- yajñena-tena
- through the sacrifice of knowledge
- aham
- I
- iṣhṭaḥ
- worshipped
- syām
- shall be
- iti
- such
- me
- my
- matiḥ
- opinion
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