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Uddhava Gita 7.9

7.9 Krishna to Uddhava

यं न योगेन साङ्ख्येन दानव्रततपोऽध्वरैः । व्याख्यास्वाध्यायसन्न्यासैः प्राप्नुयाद्यत्नवानपि ॥

yaṃ na yogena sāṅkhyena dānavratatapo'dhvaraiḥ | vyākhyāsvādhyāyasannyāsaiḥ prāpnuyādyatnavānapi ||

…me, whom even one who strives cannot reach through yoga, Sāṅkhya, giving, vows, austerity and sacrifice, through expounding scripture, study or renunciation.

…मुझे, जिसे प्रयत्नशील व्यक्ति भी योग, सांख्य, दान, व्रत, तप, यज्ञ, शास्त्र-व्याख्या, स्वाध्याय या संन्यास से प्राप्त नहीं कर पाता।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Effort alone does not earn the deepest things; they come through love and openness. This is a check on spiritual pride in one's own practice.

केवल प्रयास से गहनतम चीज़ें नहीं कमाई जातीं; वे प्रेम और खुलेपन से आती हैं। यह अपनी साधना पर आध्यात्मिक अहंकार के लिए एक चेतावनी है।

Completes the previous verse: the beings who reached Krishna by love reached the one whom even great effort through every discipline cannot reach.

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