Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः ।
भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि ॥६९॥
na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu
kaścin me priya-kṛttamaḥ
bhavitā na ca me tasmād
anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi
Word for word (synonyms)
- na
- never
- ca
- and
- tasmāt
- therefore
- manuṣyeṣu
- among mankind
- kaścit
- anyone
- me
- My
- priya-kṛttamaḥ
- more dear
- bhavitā
- will become
- na
- no
- ca
- and
- me
- My
- tasmāt
- than him
- anyaḥ
- other
- priyataraḥ
- dearer
- bhuvi
- in this world
Translation
There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.
Defined in the Gītā
Dear to Kṛṣṇa
Who is dear to Kṛṣṇa?
One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with Me—he is very dear to Me.
What this verse teaches
Glory of Studying and Teaching Bhagavad-gīta
- Section
- The Conclusion
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 1
- Bhagavad-gītā 18.67–69 1972-12-09
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International.