Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 35
Chapter 4
Verse 36 of 42
Verse 37
Verse 4.36
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः। सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥4.36॥
4.36 api ced asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ sarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṃ saṃtariṣyasi
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Even if you are, among all sinners, the worst doer of sin (pāpa), By the boat of knowledge (jñāna) alone, you will cross over all wickedness.

Stoller MillerLiterary

Even if you are the most evil of all sinners, you will cross over all evil on the raft of knowledge.

ZaehnerJesuit

(36) Even though you were the very worst among all evil-doers, [yet once you have boarded] wisdom's bark, you will surmount all [this] tortuous [stream of life].

GambhiranandaAdvaita

4.36 Even if you be the worst sinner among all sinners, still you will cross over all the wickedness with the raft of Knowledge alone.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

4.36 Even if you be the most sinful of all sinners, you will cross over all sins by the boat of knowledge alone.

SivanandaVedanta

4.36 Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt verily cross all sins by the raft of knowledge.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 35
Chapter 4
Verse 36 of 42
Verse 37