Shraddhavan Labhate Jnanam (Bhagavad Gita 4.39) — Benefits & How to Chant
श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानम्
Complete guide to chanting correctly for maximum benefit
Benefits of Chanting Shraddhavan Labhate Jnanam (Bhagavad Gita 4.39)
Exalts faith (shraddha) as the foundation for attaining true spiritual knowledge.
Names the three qualifications of a seeker
faith, devotion to it, and control of the senses.
Promises the supreme peace (param shanti) as the swift fruit of attaining knowledge.
Recited to strengthen one's faith and resolve on the spiritual path.
Contemplated for inner peace, reassuring the seeker that wisdom and peace follow sincere faith.
How to Chant Shraddhavan Labhate Jnanam (Bhagavad Gita 4.39)
Instructions
Recite the verse with reflection, especially before study or sadhana, to nourish faith, devotion and sense-control — the qualities it names as the means to knowledge. It is contemplated as an assurance that sincere faith leads to wisdom and to the supreme peace.
Spiritual Significance
It is held that faith is the seed from which realization grows: the sincere seeker who holds firm faith, even amid doubt, is promised by the Lord himself that knowledge will come and, with it, a peace beyond all worldly understanding, attained swiftly and surely.
Origin & History
Source: Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Verse 39
Author: Veda Vyasa (Lord Krishna's teaching)
In the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, the Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga, Lord Krishna glorifies divine knowledge as the fire that burns all karma to ashes. Following his instruction that knowledge is received with humility and service, he declares in this verse that the faithful, devoted and self-controlled seeker attains that knowledge and, through it, the supreme peace without delay.