Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 884

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 18 The Yog of Renunciation श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श्रृणुयादपि यो नर:। सोऽपि मुक्त: शुभांल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥71॥ [ ‘’Even he will be freed from sins who just hears it (the Geeta) with devoutness and without any ill will, and he will secure the worlds of the righteous.” ] Even hearing the teachings of the Geeta with faith and without any carping is enough to elevate one to a superior mode of existence, for by this too its sacred precepts will be inculcated in the mind. Krishn has thus, in verses 67 to 71, said that imparting of the teachings of the Geeta to the deserving is as vital as withholding them from the undeserving. Since even hearing the secret teaching of the Geeta motivates the worshipper to the required endeavour, the one who just hears it will also surely attain to Krishn. As for the one who propagates the scripture, no one else is dearer to the Lord than this man. The man who studies the Geeta worships Krishn by the yagya of knowledge. True knowledge is what issues forth from the process called yagya. In the verses under consideration, thus, the Lord has pointed out the benefits of study, dissemination, and hearing of the Geeta. Now at the end he asks Arjun if has understood and assimilated his words.

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