Bhagavad Gita
Jnana-karma-sannyasa-yoga (The Yoga of Divine Knowledge, Action and Renunciation)4.36
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Bhagavad Gita · 4.36
Devanāgarī

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः ।
सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

api ced asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ |
sarvaṁ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṁ santariṣyasi ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अपि चेत्api ceteven if
असिasiyou are
पापेभ्यःpāpebhyaḥthan the sinful
सर्वेभ्यःsarvebhyaḥthan all
पापकृत्तमःpāpa-kṛt-tamaḥthe greatest sinner
सर्वम्sarvamthe whole
ज्ञानप्लवेनjñāna-plavenaon the ship (plavena) of knowledge (jñāna)
एवevatruly, only
वृजिनम्vṛjinamthe ocean of miseries (sins)
सन्तरिष्यसिsantariṣyasiyou will cross
Translation

“Even if you are considered the most sinful of all sinners, by boarding the ship of divine knowledge you will be able to cross the ocean of miseries.”

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