Shloka 18.70
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः |ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः ||१८-७०||
adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ . jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ ||18-70||
Meaning
He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom.
Translation: Shri Purohit Swami, The Geeta: The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna (1935). Public domain.
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Explanation
Krishna extends His grace even to the student of the Gita. Whoever studies this sacred dialogue between Himself and Arjuna worships Him through jnana-yajna, the sacrifice of knowledge — and this, He declares, is His firm conviction.
The verse elevates sincere study to the level of worship. To engage thoughtfully with these teachings, turning them over in the mind, is itself an offering to the Divine, a yajna performed with the intellect rather than with fire and grain. This is deeply encouraging for every seeker: simply reading and reflecting on the Gita with an earnest heart is a sacred act that pleases the Lord. Learning, when done in devotion, becomes its own form of communion with the Eternal.
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Krishna on study, in other chapters
- Verse 4.28Generosity, discipline, practice, and study are all sacred offerings — every sincere effort to grow is a form of sacrifice.
- Verse 9.15The one Reality receives every sincere seeker, whether they approach it as one, as distinct, or as manifold.
- Verse 6.31Once rooted in oneness and devotion, you abide in the Divine through every activity of daily life.
- Verse 7.16Whatever motive first turns you toward the Divine — pain, curiosity, or need — is a valid and welcomed beginning.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 18.70
Who says Bhagavad Gita 18.70, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 18.70, in Chapter 18, Moksha Sannyas Yoga (Moksha Sannyas Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 18.70 mean?
He who will study this spiritual discourse of ours, I assure thee, he shall thereby worship Me at the altar of Wisdom. (Translation: Shri Purohit Swami, The Geeta: The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna (1935). Public domain.)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 18.70 for daily life?
To study these teachings sincerely is itself an act of worship offered to the Divine.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 18.70 mean?
अध्येष्यते च यः — and he who will study; इमं धर्म्यं संवादम् — this sacred dialogue; आवयोः — of us two; ज्ञानयज्ञेन — by the sacrifice of knowledge; तेन अहम् इष्टः स्याम् — by him I shall have been worshipped.
Where does verse 18.70 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 70 of 78 in Chapter 18, Moksha Sannyas Yoga. The next verse is 18.71.