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Bhagavad Gita 18.71

श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च श्रृणुयादपि यो नरः।सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम्।।

śhraddhāvān anasūyaśh cha śhṛiṇuyād api yo naraḥ so ‘pi muktaḥ śhubhāl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇya-karmaṇām

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
śhraddhā-vānśhraddhā-vānfaithful
anasūyaḥanasūyaḥwithout envy
chachaand
śhṛiṇuyātśhṛiṇuyātlisten
apiapicertainly
yaḥyaḥwho
naraḥnaraḥa person
saḥsaḥthat person
apiapialso
muktaḥmuktaḥliberated
śhubhānśhubhānthe auspicious
lokānlokānabodes
prāpnuyātprāpnuyātattain
puṇya-karmaṇāmpuṇya-karmaṇāmof the pious

Also, the man who hears this, full of faith and free from malice, shall attain to the happy worlds of those of righteous deeds, and be liberated.

तथा जो श्रद्धावान् और अनसुयु (दोषदृष्टि रहित) पुरुष इसका श्रवणमात्र भी करेगा, वह भी (पापों से) मुक्त होकर पुण्यकर्मियों के शुभ (श्रेष्ठ) लोकों को प्राप्त कर लेगा।।