तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया ।उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥
tadviddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā |upadekṣyanti te jñānaṃ jñāninastattvadarśinaḥ ||
Learn this by bowing down, by asking questions and by serving. Those who know, who have seen the truth, will teach you that knowledge.
Explanation
Krishna has just said that the sacrifice of knowledge (jñāna-yajña) is higher than ritual offerings of material things. Here he tells Arjuna how to gain such knowledge: through humble respect (praṇipāta), sincere questioning (paripraśna) and service (sevā) to teachers who have directly seen the truth (tattva-darśin). Traditions differ on who counts as such a teacher, but all stress that learning needs humility and honest inquiry, not just passive listening.