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अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वाऽन्येभ्य उपासते।तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणाः।।13.26।।

anye tv evam ajānantaḥ śhrutvānyebhya upāsate te ’pi chātitaranty eva mṛityuṁ śhruti-parāyaṇāḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 13, Verse 26
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Others, too, who do not know thus, worship, having heard of It from others; they, too, cross beyond death, regarding what they have heard as the supreme refuge.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: others, not knowing this, worship, having heard it from others, they too, devoted to what they have heard, cross beyond death, extending genuine value even to secondhand understanding received from others rather than personally realized.

In life: not everything you understand and act on wisely needs to come from your own direct, personal realization, a lot of real wisdom is legitimately received secondhand from trusted sources and still genuinely helps you.

Teaching: don't discount guidance you've received secondhand from a trusted source as somehow less legitimate than something you'd have to personally realize from scratch, this verse treats sincere, devoted reception of good guidance as genuinely sufficient.

anyeothers
tustill
evamthus
ajānantaḥthose who are unaware (of spiritual paths)
śhrutvāby hearing
anyebhyaḥfrom others
upāsatebegin to worship
tethey
apialso
chaand
atitaranticross over
evaeven
mṛityumdeath
śhruti-parāyaṇāḥdevotion to hearing (from saints)

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
13.26 अन्ये others? तु indeed? एवम् thus? अजानन्तः not knowing? श्रुत्वा having heard? अन्येभ्यः from others? उपासते worship? ते they? अपि also? च and? अतितरन्ति cross beyond? एव even? मृत्युम् death? श्रुतिपरायणाः regarding what they have heard as the Supreme refuge.Commentary The three paths? viz.? the Yoga of meditation? the Yoga of knowledge? and the Yoga of action to attain the knowledge of the Self were described in the previous verse. In this verse the Yoga of worship is described.Some who are ignorant of the methods described in the previous verse listen to the teachings of the spiritual preceptors regarding this great Truth or the Self with intense and unshakable faith? solely depending upon the authority of others instructions? and through constant remembrance and contemplation of them attain immortality. They are devoted to their preceptor. Some study the books written by realised seers? stick with great faith to the teachings contained therein and live according to them. They also overcome death. Whichever path one follows? one eventually attains the knowledge of the Self and final liberation from birth and death? -- salvation (Moksha). There are several paths to suit aspirants of different temperaments and eipments.Freeing oneself from ignorance with its effects through the knowledge of the Self? is crossing the Samsara or attaining immortality or overcoming death or obtaining release or salvation.