Still others, not knowing this for themselves, listen to it from others and then worship. Those too, devoted to what they have heard, cross beyond death.
Explanation
Krishna has just listed paths by which people realize the Self: meditation, knowledge (sāṅkhya) and the yoga of action (karma-yoga). Here he adds a further group: those who cannot reach this insight on their own but hear it from others and practice with faith in what they have heard (śruti). He assures Arjuna that they too cross beyond death (mṛtyu), meaning the cycle of birth and death.