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4.34Krishna
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तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया ।उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥

tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā |upadekṣyanti te jñānaṃ jñāninas tattvadarśinaḥ ||

तत् · tat
that (knowledge)
विद्धि · viddhi
learn, know
प्रणिपातेन · praṇipātena
by prostration, humble approach
परिप्रश्नेन · paripraśnena
by questioning, inquiry
सेवया · sevayā
by service
उपदेक्ष्यन्ति · upadekṣyanti
they will teach
ते · te
to you
तत्त्वदर्शिनः · tattvadarśinaḥ
the seers of truth

Learn that by humble approach, by questioning, and by service. The knowers, the seers of truth, will teach you that knowledge.

Original plain-language translation

Knowledge is transmitted, not merely thought up: reverence opens the teacher, inquiry engages him, service proves the student. Note the balance — prostration without questioning breeds dependence; questioning without reverence breeds quarrel. Both, with service, invite grace.

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