अध्येष्यते च य इमं धर्म्यं संवादमावयोः ।
ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः ॥ ७० ॥
ज्ञानयज्ञेन तेनाहमिष्टः स्यामिति मे मतिः ॥ ७० ॥
adhyeṣyate ca ya imaṃ dharmyaṃ saṃvādamāvayoḥ .
jñānayajñena tenāhamiṣṭaḥ syāmiti me matiḥ .. 70 ..
And he who will study this sacred dialogue of ours, by him I shall have been worshipped by the sacrifice of wisdom, I deem.
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Dialogue: this work which is in the form of a dialogue. Of the four kinds of sacrifice such as vidhi or ritual, japa or a loud prayer, upamsu or a prayer uttered in a low voice, manasa or a prayer offered with the mind, the jnana-yajna or wisdom-sacrifice comes under the head of manasa and is therefore the highest. Thus the Gītā-śāstra is extolled as a jnana-yajna.
Or, we may regard this passage as revealing what the real effect (of the act enjoined here) is, viz., that the act will produce an effect equal to that of wisdom-sacrifice, of the contemplation of a Devatā or the like.
The merit of hearing the Doctrine.
The benefit accruing to the hearer is stated as follows :