BhG 18.69

na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu kaś-cin me priya-kṛttamaḥ
bhavitā na ca me tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi

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syntax


tasmāt ca (and therefore) manuṣyeṣu [madhye] (among men) kaścit (no one) me (my) priya-kṛt-tamaḥ (the dearest of those who give [me] joy) na [bhavati] (he is not).
tasmāt ca (and therefore) anyaḥ (other) bhuvi (on earth) priya-taraḥ (more dear) na bhavitā (he will not be).

 

grammar

na – av. – not;
ca – av. – and;
tasmāt – av. – therefore (from: tat sn. 5n.1 m. – from that);
manuṣyeṣu – manuṣya 7n.3 m. – among men (from: √man – to think, manu – a man, a person);
kaś-cit – kim-cit sn. 1n.1 m. – someone (from: kim – what?; -cit – indefinitive particle);
me – asmat sn. 6n.1 – my (shortened form of: mama);
priya-kṛttamaḥ – priya-kṛttama 1n.1 m. – the best of those who give [me] pleasure (from: √prī – to please, priya – liked, loved, dear, pleasant; pleasure, love, benefit; √kṛ – to do, -kṛt – suffix indicates a doer; superlative of: kṛt – kṛt-tara, kṛt-tama);
bhavitā – √bhū (to be) Fut.p. P 1v.1 – he will be;
na – av. – not;
ca – av. – and;
me – asmat 6n.1 – my (shortened form of: mama);
tasmāt – av. – therefore (from: tat sn. 5n.1 m. – from that);
anyaḥ – anya sn. 1n.1 m. – other;
priyataraḥ – priya-tara 1n.1 m. – more liked, more dear (comparative of: √prī – to please, priya – liked, loved, dear, pleasant);
bhuvi – bhū 7n.1 f. – on earth;

 

textual variants


ca me → samas (the same);
tasmād → yasmād (for which reason);
priyataro → priyatamo (the dearest);
 
 



Śāṃkara


kiṃ ca—
na ca tasmāt śāstra-sampradāya-kṛtaḥ manuṣyeṣu manuṣyāṇāṃ madhye kaścin me mama priyakṛttamo’tiśayena priya-karaḥ | anyaḥ priyakṛttamo nāsty evety artho vartamāneṣu | na ca bhavitā bhaviṣyaty api kāle tasmād dvitīyo’nyaḥ priyataraḥ priya-kṛttaro bhuvi loke’smin na bhavitā
 

Rāmānuja


sarveṣu manuṣyeṣv itaḥ pūrvaṃ tasmād anyo manuṣyo me na kaścit priyakṛttamo ‚bhūt; ita uttaraṃ ca na bhavitā / ayogyānāṃ prathamam upādānaṃ yogyānām akathanād api tatkathanasyāniṣṭatamatvāt
 

Śrīdhara


kiṃ ca na ceti | tasmān mad-bhaktebhyo gītā-śāstra-vyākhyātuḥ sakāśād anyo manuṣyeṣu madhye kaścid api mama priya-kṛttamo ‚tyantaṃ paritoṣa-kartā nāsti | na ca kālāntare bhavitā bhaviṣyati mamāpi tasmād anyaḥ priyataro ‚dhunā bhuvi tāvan nāsti | na ca kālāntare ‚pi bhaviṣyatīty arthaḥ
 

Viśvanātha


tasmād upadeṣṭuḥ sakāśāt anyo ‚tipriyaṅkaro ‚tipriyaś ca nāsti
 

Baladeva


na ceti | tasmād gītopadeṣṭuḥ sakāśād anyo manuṣyeṣu madhye mama priya-kṛttamaḥ paritoṣa-kartā pūrvaṃ nābhūn na ca bhaviṣyati | mama tasmād anyaḥ priyataro bhuvi nābhūn na ca bhaviṣyati
 
 



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