Bhagavad Gita 13.26 meaningThe field and the knower
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Others find God by listening to good teachers. They are free too.”
What it means
“Others, who don't know these paths, learn by listening to others and practising what they hear. They too go beyond death.”
The original Sanskrit
अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वान्येभ्य उपासते । तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणाः ॥
anye tvevamajānantaḥ śrutvānyebhya upāsate te.api cātitarantyeva mṛtyuṃ śrutiparāyaṇāḥ
Translations
Literal translation
Others, agian, who do not know thus, take to thinking after hearing from others; they, too, who are devoted to hearing, certainly overcome death.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
परन्तु, अन्य लोग जो स्वयं इस प्रकार न जानते हुए, दूसरों से (आचार्यों से) सुनकर ही उपासना करते हैं, वे श्रुतिपरायण (अर्थात् श्रवण ही जिनके लिए परम साधन है) लोग भी मृत्यु को नि:सन्देह तर जाते हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
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