Verse 13.26

अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वाऽन्येभ्य उपासते।तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणाः।।13.26।।

anye tv evam ajānantaḥ śhrutvānyebhya upāsate te ’pi chātitaranty eva mṛityuṁ śhruti-parāyaṇāḥ

Meaning

There are other people who, like, don't even know all that stuff, but they heard about it from others, and they worship it. And, like, they totally escape death because they're, like, super into what they heard.

Commentary

Okay, so like, the last verse was all about, like, three different ways to, like, achieve self-knowledge, right? Meditation, knowledge, and action. This verse is about another way: worship. It's like, some peeps are clueless about all that other stuff, but they hear about this Great Truth from someone else, and they're, like, totally down with it. They have, like, total faith, and they just vibe with it, and boom—they're immortal. It's like, they're totally devoted to their teacher or guru or whatever. Or, like, they read some books by enlightened peeps, and they're, like, super into it, and they live their lives according to it. And they also escape death. It's like, no matter what path you take, you'll eventually get to self-knowledge and escape the cycle of birth and death—total liberation, you know? There are, like, a bunch of different paths for different people, you know? Escaping ignorance and achieving self-knowledge is, like, escaping the whole cycle of life and death—it's immortality, total freedom, you know?