Bhagavad Gita · 18.71
॥
Devanāgarī
श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नरः ।
सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śraddhāvān anasūyaś ca śṛṇuyād api yo naraḥ |
so 'pi muktaḥ śubhāḹ lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
श्रद्धावान्śraddhāvānone who possesses faith.
अनसूयः चanasūyaḥ caand is free from envy.
शृणुयात् अपिśṛṇuyāt apieven simply listens.
यः नरःyaḥ naraḥthat person who.
सः अपिsaḥ apihe also.
मुक्तःmuktaḥbeing freed [from sins].
शुभान् लोकान्śubhān lokānthe auspicious worlds.
प्राप्नुयात्prāpnuyāthe will attain.
पुण्यकर्मणाम्puṇya-karmaṇām[the abodes] of those who performed pious deeds.
Translation
“Even the person who simply listens [to this conversation] with faith and without envy is freed from all sinful reactions and attains the higher worlds where the righteous dwell.”
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