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idaḿ te nātapaskāya nābhaktāya kadācana na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaḿ na ca māḿ yo ’bhyasūyati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.67 This confidential knowledge may never be explained to those who are not austere, or devoted, or...

ya idaḿ paramaḿ guhyaḿ mad-bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati bhaktiḿ mayi parāḿ kṛtvā mām evaiṣyaty asaḿśayaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.68 For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is...

na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu kaścin me priya-kṛttamaḥ bhavitā na ca me tasmād anyaḥ priya-taro bhuvi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.69 There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more...

adhyeṣyate ca ya imaḿ dharmyaḿ saḿvādam āvayoḥ jñāna-yajñena tenāham iṣṭaḥ syām iti me matiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.70 And I declare that he who studies this sacred conversation of ours worships Me by his...

śraddhāvān anasūyaś ca śṛṇuyād api yo naraḥ so ’pi muktaḥ śubhāḻ lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.71 And one who listens with faith and without envy becomes free from sinful reactions and...

kaccid etac chrutaḿ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā kaccid ajñāna-sammohaḥ praṇaṣṭas te dhanañ-jaya Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.72 O son of Pritha, O conqueror of wealth, have you heard this with an attentive mind? And are...

arjuna uvāca naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtir labdhā tvat-prasādān mayācyuta sthito ’smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaḿ tava Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.73 Arjuna said: My dear Krishna, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I...

sañjaya uvāca ity ahaḿ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ saḿvādam imam aśrauṣam adbhutaḿ roma-harṣaṇam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.74 Sanjaya said: Thus have I heard the conversation of two great souls, Krishna and...

vyāsa-prasādāc chrutavān etad guhyam ahaḿ param yogaḿ yogeśvarāt kṛṣṇāt sākṣāt kathayataḥ svayam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.75 By the mercy of Vyasa, I have heard these most confidential talks directly from the...

rājan saḿsmṛtya saḿsmṛtya saḿvādam imam adbhutam keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaḿ hṛṣyāmi ca muhur muhuḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.76 O King, as I repeatedly recall this wondrous and holy dialogue between Krishna and...