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श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श्रृणुयादपि यो नरः।सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्।।18.71।।

śhraddhāvān anasūyaśh cha śhṛiṇuyād api yo naraḥ so ‘pi muktaḥ śhubhāl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 18, Verse 71
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Also, the man who hears this, full of faith and free from malice, shall attain to the happy worlds of those of righteous deeds, and be liberated.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: even one who merely listens with faith, without cavil, is liberated and attains the auspicious worlds, again lowering the bar for genuine benefit, even simple, faithful listening without immediate full comprehension is treated as valuable.

In life: you don't need to fully master or completely understand something on first exposure for real, genuine benefit to already be occurring, sincere, non-cynical attention alone is treated here as already worthwhile.

Teaching: don't withhold sincere engagement with something valuable just because you don't yet fully understand or master it, this verse treats simple, faithful listening alone as already producing real benefit, understanding can deepen over time from that starting point.

śhraddhā-vānfaithful
anasūyaḥwithout envy
chaand
śhṛiṇuyātlisten
apicertainly
yaḥwho
naraḥa person
saḥthat person
apialso
muktaḥliberated
śhubhānthe auspicious
lokānabodes
prāpnuyātattain
puṇya-karmaṇāmof the pious

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
18.71 श्रद्धावान् full of faith? अनसूयः free from malice? च and? श्रृणुयात् may hear? अपि also? यः who? नरः man? सः he? अपि also? मुक्तः liberated? शुभान् happy? लोकान् worlds? प्राप्नुयात् shall attain? पुण्यकर्मणाम् of those of righteous deeds.Commentary Liberated from sin.Punyakarmanam Of those who have done Agnihotra and such other sacrifices.He too Much more so who understands the teachings of the Gita? lives in its spirit and who practises the most valuable spiritual instructions contained in it.