Chapter 4, Verse 34
तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया। उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः।।4.34।।
tadviddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā. upadekṣyanti te jñānaṃ jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ..4.34..
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- tat
- that (knowledge)
- viddhi
- know (imperative)
- praṇipātena
- by prostration/humble submission
- paripraśnena
- by inquiry/questioning
- sevayā
- by service
- upadekṣyanti
- they will instruct/teach
- te
- to you
- jñānam
- knowledge
- jñāninaḥ
- the knowers/wise ones
- tattva-darśinaḥ
- seers of truth/reality
Commentary
34. Know this : by long prostration, by enquiry, by service, those men of wisdom who have realised the truth will teach thee wisdom.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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