A declaration · devotional in mood · easy to enter
“Sharing this teaching becomes the highest form of devotion.”
Among all human beings, no one does what is more dear to me than he does. On this earth, no one will ever be dearer than he is.
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Anyone who passes on this sacred teaching becomes especially dear to Krishna. No one on earth can surpass that devotion.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Moksha Sanyasa Yoga" (Liberation through Renunciation).
Verse 69 sits in Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita — Moksha Sanyasa Yoga, "Liberation through Renunciation". The chapter has 78 verses in total.
You explain a hard-earned lesson to someone who is ready to hear it, not to impress them. The act of passing on what truly helped you becomes its own offering.
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It shifts the reader from private ownership of wisdom to generous transmission of it.
What this verse means
Anyone who passes on this sacred teaching becomes especially dear to Krishna. No one on earth can surpass that devotion.
Context & commentary
The war is over, and Krishna is giving Arjuna the final seal on the whole dialogue. After warning him to share this teaching carefully, Krishna now says that the one who spreads it with devotion becomes the dearest person on earth to him.
Why this verse still matters
You explain a hard-earned lesson to someone who is ready to hear it, not to impress them. The act of passing on what truly helped you becomes its own offering.
“Teaching what you have received is not small. It is treated as a deeply loving act.”
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