A declaration · devotional in mood · builds on earlier teachings
“Devotion deepens when sacred truth is passed on.”
Whoever shares this supreme secret among my devotees, with devoted love for me, will surely come to me without doubt.
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Anyone who shares this deepest teaching with devoted love will reach Krishna without doubt.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Moksha Sanyasa Yoga" (Liberation through Renunciation).
Verse 68 sits in Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita — Moksha Sanyasa Yoga, "Liberation through Renunciation". The chapter has 78 verses in total.
A grandmother reads a few Gita verses aloud to the children each evening of Janmashtami. Krishna promises that whoever shares this teaching with devotees, out of love for him, will surely reach him.
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Whoever teaches this secret to Krishna's devotees, with supreme devotion, will come to him without doubt.
What this verse means
Anyone who shares this deepest teaching with devoted love will reach Krishna without doubt.
Context & commentary
After Krishna has offered the final surrender, he adds one more promise: the teaching is meant to pass beyond Arjuna. Whoever speaks it to Krishna's devotees with devotion becomes one of those who reaches Krishna.
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A grandmother reads a few Gita verses aloud to the children each evening of Janmashtami. Krishna promises that whoever shares this teaching with devotees, out of love for him, will surely reach him.
“Teaching what you love deepens your own bond with it.”
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