Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 71
श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नरः । सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्
śraddhāvānanasūyaśca śṛṇuyādapi yo naraḥ | so'pi muktaḥ śubhā~llokānprāpnuyātpuṇyakarmaṇām
Translation
And the man also who hears, full of faith and free from malice, even he, liberated, shall attain to the happy worlds of the righteous.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- śraddhāvān
- full of faith
- anasūyaḥ
- uncarping
- ca
- and
- śṛṇuyāt
- may hear
- api
- also
- yaḥ
- who
- naraḥ
- man
- saḥ
- he
- api
- also
- muktaḥ
- liberated
- śubhān
- radiant
- lokān
- worlds
- prāpnuyāt
- may obtain
- puṇyakarmaṇām
- meritorious, action, whose, of them
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Even he: much more so he who understands the doctrine. Liberated: from sin. The righteous: those who have performed Agnihotra or such other sacrifices.