Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 10
Chapter 10
Verse 11 of 42
Verse 12
Verse 10.11
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः। नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता ॥10.11॥
10.11 teṣām evānukampārtham aham ajñānajaṃ tamaḥ nāśayāmy ātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Out of compassion for them indeed, dwelling within their own self (ātmabhāvasthaḥ), I destroy The darkness born of ignorance (ajñāna), with the shining lamp of knowledge (jñāna).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Dwelling compassionately deep in the self, I dispel darkness born of ignorance with the radiant light of knowledge.

ZaehnerJesuit

(11) Out of compassion for those same men [all] darkness born of ignorance I dispel with wisdom's shining lamp, abiding [ever] in my own [true] nature.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

10.11 Out of compassion for them alone, I, residing in their hearts, destroy the darkness born of ignorance with the luminous lamp of Knowledge.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

10.11 Out of compassion for them alone, I, abiding in their mental activity as its object, dispel the darkness born of ignorance by the brilliant lamp of knowledge.

SivanandaVedanta

10.11 Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their Self, destroy the darkness born of ignorance by the luminous lamp of knowledge.

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Verse 10
Chapter 10
Verse 11 of 42
Verse 12