Chapter 5 · Verse 16

Path of Renunciation

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्

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

Word Meanings

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

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Translation

But for those whose ignorance of the self has been destroyed by knowledge, that knowledge, like the sun, illumines the Supreme.

Commentary

ज्ञानेन by wisdom? तु but? तत् that? अज्ञानम् ignorance? येषाम् whose? नाशितम् is destroyed? आत्मनः of the Self? तेषाम् their? आदित्यवत् like the sun? ज्ञानम् knowledge? प्रकाशयति reveals? तत्परम् that Highest.Commentary When ignorance? the root cause of human sufferings? is annihilated by the knowledge of the Self? this knowledge illuminates the Supreme Brahman or that highest immortal Being? just as the sun illumines all the objects of this gross? physical universe.