A declaration · devotional in mood · a little context helps
“Sincere study of this dialogue becomes worship itself.”
Whoever studies this sacred dialogue of ours will also worship me through the sacrifice of knowledge; that is my view.
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Reading and studying Krishna and Arjuna’s sacred dialogue is itself a form of worship through knowledge.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Moksha Sanyasa Yoga" (Liberation through Renunciation).
Verse 70 sits in Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita — Moksha Sanyasa Yoga, "Liberation through Renunciation". The chapter has 78 verses in total.
A retired clerk reads one chapter of the Gita each morning before his tea, slowly and with care. Krishna counts such study as a sacrifice of knowledge, a form of worship offered to him.
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Studying this dialogue, Krishna says, counts as jnana yajna, a sacrifice of knowledge offered to him.
What this verse means
Reading and studying Krishna and Arjuna’s sacred dialogue is itself a form of worship through knowledge.
Context & commentary
Krishna is finishing his teaching to Arjuna after the crisis has been named and answered. He says that anyone who studies this sacred dialogue between them is performing a sacrifice of knowledge and is worshipping him.
What it looks like today
A retired clerk reads one chapter of the Gita each morning before his tea, slowly and with care. Krishna counts such study as a sacrifice of knowledge, a form of worship offered to him.
“You do not have to wait for a ritual moment; sincere study can already be an offering.”