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“True knowing is rarer than striving, even among the successful.”
हजारों मनुष्योंमें कोई एक वास्तविक सिद्धिके लिये यत्न करता है और उन यत्न करनेवाले सिद्धोंमें कोई एक ही मुझे तत्त्वसे जानता है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर टैप करके उसे देखें।
शब्दशःof people · among thousands · some one · strives · for perfection · even among those striving · of the perfected · some one · Me · knows · in truth
Many people try to reach perfection, but very few reach true understanding of Krishna. Effort is common; real realization is rare.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "ज्ञान विज्ञान योग" में।
श्लोक 3 भगवद् गीता के 7वें अध्याय में है — ज्ञान विज्ञान योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 30 श्लोक हैं।
In a coaching centre of a thousand students, a handful study for the subject itself, and fewer still come to understand it. Krishna's arithmetic runs the same way: many try, and a rare few come to know him.
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One in thousands strives for perfection, Krishna says, and among those strivers, one may know him in truth.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
Many people try to reach perfection, but very few reach true understanding of Krishna. Effort is common; real realization is rare.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
Arjuna has already been told that Krishna can be known fully. Krishna now makes the point sharper: countless people seek achievement, but a rare few come to know him as he is. This prepares Arjuna for a deeper teaching.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
In a coaching centre of a thousand students, a handful study for the subject itself, and fewer still come to understand it. Krishna's arithmetic runs the same way: many try, and a rare few come to know him.
“It leaves you humble: sincere effort matters, but deep understanding asks for more than effort alone.”
संबंधित विषय: shraddha (34 श्लोक)