Chapter 13, Verse 25
अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वाऽन्येभ्य उपासते। तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणाः।।13.26।।
anye tvevamajānantaḥ śrutvā'nyebhya upāsate. te'pi cātitarantyeva mṛtyuṃ śrutiparāyaṇāḥ৷৷13.26৷৷
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- अन्ये
- others (other people)
- तु
- but/indeed (contrast particle)
- एवम्
- thus, in this way
- अजानन्तः
- not knowing (i.e., without understanding this yoga themselves)
- श्रुत्वा
- having heard
- अन्येभ्यः
- from others (i.e., from teachers/authorities)
- उपासते
- they worship/meditate upon (the Self)
- ते
- they
- अपि
- also, even
- च
- and
- अतितरन्ति
- they cross over/transcend
- एव
- indeed, certainly (emphatic)
- मृत्युम्
- death
- श्रुतिपरायणाः
- devoted/intent upon what they have heard (from scripture or teacher)
Commentary
25. Yet others, not knowing thus, worship, having heard from others ; they, too, cross beyond death, adhering to what they heard.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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