Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 69
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः । भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि
na ca tasmānmanuṣyeṣu kaścinme priyakṛttamaḥ | bhavitā na ca me tasmādanyaḥ priyataro bhuvi
Translation
Nor is there any among men who does dearer service to Me than he; nor shall there be another on earth dearer to Me than he.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- tasmāt
- than he
- manuṣyeṣu
- among men
- kaścit
- any one
- me
- of me
- priyakṛttamaḥ
- most-well-doing
- bhavitā
- will be
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- me
- of me
- tasmāt
- than he
- anyaḥ
- another
- priyataraḥ
- dearer
- bhuvi
- in the earth
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
He: the man who hands down the śāstra. Among present and future generations both, none is or will be dearer to the Lord than such a teacher.