Learn·Chapter 4 · Knowledge, action and renunciation·Verse 34 of 42

Bhagavad Gītā 4.34, word by word

तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया। उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः

tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśhnena sevayā upadekṣhyanti te jñānaṁ jñāninas tattva-darśhinaḥ

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In English

This you shall learn by prostrating yourself at the master's feet, questioning them, and serving them. The wise who have realized the truth will teach you wisdom.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

Know that the wise who have realized the truth will instruct thee in that knowledge through long prostration, supplication, and service.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

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