Chapter 7, Verse 3
मनुष्याणां सहस्रेषु कश्चिद्यतति सिद्धये। यततामपि सिद्धानां कश्चिन्मां वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।।7.3।।
manuṣyāṇāṃ sahasreṣu kaścidyatati siddhaye। yatatāmapi siddhānāṃ kaścinmāṃ vetti tattvataḥ।।7.3।।
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- मनुष्याणां
- among men (genitive plural)
- सहस्रेषु
- among thousands (locative plural)
- कश्चित्
- someone, a rare one
- यतति
- strives, endeavors
- सिद्धये
- for perfection, for success
- यतताम्
- of those who strive (genitive plural)
- अपि
- even, also
- सिद्धानां
- of the perfected/accomplished ones (genitive plural)
- कश्चित्
- someone, a rare one
- मां
- me
- वेत्ति
- knows
- तत्त्वतः
- in truth, essentially, in reality
Commentary
3. Among thousands of men, one perchance strives for perfection ; even among those who strive and are perfect, only one perchance knows me in truth.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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मनुष्याणां
सहस्रेषु
कश्चित्
यतति
सिद्धये
यतताम्
अपि
सिद्धानां
कश्चित्
मां
वेत्ति
तत्त्वतः
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