Bhagavad Gita · 5.17
॥
Devanāgarī
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः ।
गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ |
gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तद्बुद्धयःtat-buddhayaḥthose whose intelligence (buddhi) is directed toward That (tat).
तदात्मानःtat-ātmānaḥthose whose mind (ātman, here mind) is absorbed in That.
तन्निष्ठाःtat-niṣṭhāḥthose whose faith (niṣṭhā) is in That.
तत्परायणाःtat-parāyaṇāḥthose for whom That is the supreme refuge (para-ayana).
गच्छन्तिgacchantithey go, they attain.
अपुनरावृत्तिम्a-punaḥ-āvṛttimthe state from which there is no (a-) return (punaḥ-āvṛtti), non-return.
ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाःjñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥthose whose sins (kalmaṣa) are completely washed away (nirdhūta) by knowledge (jñāna).
Translation
“Those whose intelligence is always fixed on the Supreme, whose mind is absorbed in Him, whose faith is centered on Him, and who have made Him their supreme refuge—such people, having been completely cleansed of sins through knowledge, reach the state from which there is no return.”
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