Bhagavad Gita · 5.16
॥
Devanāgarī
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः ।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ yeṣāṁ nāśitam ātmanaḥ |
teṣām ādityavaj jñānaṁ prakāśayati tat param ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ज्ञानेन तुjñānena tubut by knowledge.
तत् अज्ञानम्tat ajñānamthat ignorance.
येषाम्yeṣāmof whom.
नाशितम्nāśitamis destroyed.
आत्मनःātmanaḥof the soul.
तेषाम्teṣāmtheir.
आदित्यवत्āditya-vatlike the sun.
ज्ञानम्jñānamknowledge.
प्रकाशयतिprakāśayatiilluminates, reveals.
तत् परम्tat paramthat supreme [reality], the Supreme.
Translation
“But when a person destroys this ignorance with divine knowledge, then his knowledge, like the sun, reveals to him the supreme reality.”
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