Verse 5.16

bg.5.16

Sanskrit

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।।5.16।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

jñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ yeṣhāṁ nāśhitam ātmanaḥ teṣhām āditya-vaj jñānaṁ prakāśhayati tat param

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme Brahman.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।5.16।। परन्तु जिन्होंने अपने जिस ज्ञान-(विवक-) के द्वारा उस अज्ञानका नाश कर दिया है, उनका वह ज्ञान सूर्यकी तरह परमतत्त्व परमात्माको प्रकाशित कर देता है।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

jñānena—by divine knowledge; tu—but; tat—that; ajñānam—ignorance; yeṣhām—whose; nāśhitam—has been destroyed; ātmanaḥ—of the self; teṣhām—their; āditya-vat—like the sun; jñānam—knowledge; prakāśhayati—illumines; tat—that; param—Supreme Entity

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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