Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 64
सर्वगुह्यतमं भूयः शृणु मे परमं वचः । इष्टोऽसि मे दृढमिति ततो वक्ष्यामि ते हितम्
sarvaguhyatamaṃ bhūyaḥ śṛṇu me paramaṃ vacaḥ | iṣṭo'si me dṛḍhamiti tato vakṣyāmi te hitam
Translation
Hear thou again My word supreme, the most secret of all; because thou art My firm friend, therefore will I tell thee what is good.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- sarvaguhyatamam
- than all, most secret
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- śṛṇu
- listen
- me
- my
- paramam
- highest
- vacaḥ
- word
- iṣṭaḥ
- beloved
- asi
- (thou) art
- me
- of me
- dṛḍham
- strongly
- iti
- thus
- tataḥ
- thence
- vakṣyāmi
- (I) will speak
- te
- thy
- hitam
- benefit
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
I do not tell thee either from fear or from hope of reward; thou art My firm friend, thou art ever beloved of Me; and for this reason I shall tell thee of the supreme good, the means of attaining knowledge. This last is the highest of all kinds of good.