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मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्िचद्यतति सिद्धये। यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्िचन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।।7.3।।

manuṣhyāṇāṁ sahasreṣhu kaśhchid yatati siddhaye yatatām api siddhānāṁ kaśhchin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 7, Verse 3
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Among thousands of men, one may perchance strive for perfection; even among those successful strivers, only one may perchance know Me in essence.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: among thousands of people, barely one strives for perfection, and even among those who strive and succeed, barely one knows Krishna in truth, naming a real gap between pursuing something and actually attaining deep understanding of it.

In life: plenty of people pursue mastery of a skill or deep understanding of themselves, but genuinely arriving there is rarer than the pursuit itself.

Teaching: don't judge your own progress by how many people are pursuing the same thing you are, judge it by whether you're actually getting closer to real understanding, not just staying in pursuit.

manuṣhyāṇāmof men
sahasreṣhuout of many thousands
kaśhchitsomeone
yatatistrives
siddhayefor perfection
yatatāmof those who strive
apieven
siddhānāmof those who have achieved perfection
kaśhchitsomeone
māmme
vettiknows
tattvataḥin truth

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
7.3 मनुष्याणाम् of men? सहस्रेषु among thousands? कश्चित् some one? यतति strives? सिद्धये for perfection? यतताम् of the striving ones? अपि even? सिद्धानाम् of the successful ones? कश्चित् some one? माम् Me? वेत्ति knows? तत्त्वतः in essence.Commentary Mark how difficult it is to attain to the knowledge of the Self or to how Brahman in essence. Siddhanam literally means those who have attained to perfection (the perfected ones) but here it means only those who strive to attain perfection.Those who purchase diamonds? rubies or pearls are few. Those who study the postgraduate course are few. Even so those who attempt for Selfrealisation and who actually know the Truth in essence are few only. The liberated ones (Jivanmuktas) are rare. Real Sadhakas are also rare. The,knowledge of the Self bestows incalculable fruits on man? viz.? immortality? eternal bliss? perennial joy and everlasting peace. It is very difficult to attain to this knowledge of the Self. But a good and earnest spiritual aspirant (Sadhaka) who is endowed with a strong determination and iron resolve? and who is eipped with the four means to salvation can easily obtain the knowledge of the Self.