Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 18, Verse 69
न च तस्मान्मनुष्येषु कश्चिन्मे प्रियकृत्तमः।भविता न च मे तस्मादन्यः प्रियतरो भुवि।।
na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu kaścin me priya-kṛttamaḥ
bhavitā na ca me tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi
also searched as "na cha tasman manushyeshu kashchin me priyakrittamah"
Translation
There is no one among men who does dearer service to Me than him. Nor shall there be anyone on earth dearer to Me than him.
Vāṇi's rendering
No one on earth serves me more dearly than the one who shares my teaching — and no one will ever be dearer to me.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| नna | not |
| चca | and |
| तस्मात्tasmāt | than him (appears as tasmān before the m of manuṣyeṣu) |
| मनुष्येषुmanuṣyeṣu | among human beings |
| कश्चित्kaścit | anyone at all (appears as kaścin before me) |
| मेme | to me, for me |
| प्रियकृत्तमःpriya-kṛttamaḥ | the one who does what is most dear to me |
| भविताbhavitā | will be, is going to be |
| नna | nor |
| चca | and |
| मेme | to me |
| तस्मात्tasmāt | than him |
| अन्यःanyaḥ | another, anyone else |
| प्रियतरःpriyataraḥ | dearer (appears as priyataro before bhuvi) |
| भुविbhuvi | on the earth |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 69 mean?
Krishna says that no one serves him more dearly than the one who carries this teaching to another, and no one ever will. It is the highest praise in the Gītā, and it is given not for withdrawal or austerity but for passing on what you received.
What does 'na cha tasman manushyeshu kashchin me priyakrittamah' mean?
It means there is no one among human beings who does anything dearer to Krishna than this. The line comes just after he describes the one who shares the teaching with those ready for it. Sharing, here, is counted as the dearest possible service — dearer than ritual, dearer than solitude.
Do I have to be a teacher to be included in this verse?
No. Krishna sets no qualification of role or title. The verse rests on one act — giving away what was given to you, to someone who can receive it. That may be a sentence at a kitchen table. The size of the audience is nowhere in the Sanskrit.
Why does Krishna use the future tense here?
Bhavitā means will be. Krishna is not closing the list with Arjuna and Sanjaya. He leaves it open, forward, unfinished — so that whoever picks this up centuries later and hands it on is included in the same promise. The verse was written with room left in it for you.
Read every verse this way, held — inside Vāṇi.
View on the App Store
Commentary
Krishna has just finished. Seven hundred verses, and the last superlative he spends is not on the yogi or the ascetic — it is on the one who hands the teaching forward. Not a teacher by title. Anyone who carries what they were given to someone ready to receive it. Notice the tense: bhavitā, will be. The love is not only for those who did this once, in Kurukshetra's dust; it is promised ahead, to whoever comes. Arjuna listened, and by listening became the first to pass it on. You have been given something. Somebody near you is waiting for it in words only you can say.