Shloka 71
भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation
सम्बन्ध-- इस प्रकार गीताशास्त्रके अध्ययनका माहात्म्य बतलाकर, अब जो उपर्युक्त प्रकारसे अध्ययन करनेगें असमर्थ हैं-- ऐसे मनुष्यके लिये उसके श्रवणका फल बतलाते हैं श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नर: । सोअपिमुक्त: शुभाल्लोकान प्राप्तुयात् पुण्यकर्मणाम्,जो मजनुष्यः श्रद्धायुक्त और दोषदृष्टिसे रहित होकर इस गीताशास्त्रका श्रवण भी करेगाउं, वह भी पापोंसे मुक्त होकर उत्तम कर्म करनेवालोंके श्रेष्ठ लोकोंको प्राप्त होगा३
śraddhāvān anasūyaś ca śṛṇuyād api yo naraḥ | so 'pi muktaḥ śubhāl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇyakarmaṇām ||
Even a person who cannot undertake a disciplined study of this teaching, but listens to it with faith and without fault-finding, is freed from sin and attains the auspicious realms reached by those who perform righteous deeds.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Faithful, non-critical listening to sacred instruction is itself spiritually efficacious: it purifies the listener from sin and grants the same auspicious destiny associated with meritorious conduct.
After describing the greatness of studying the teaching, the speaker extends eligibility to those unable to study: even hearing it with faith and without fault-finding yields liberation from sin and access to higher realms.