Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 15
Chapter 5
Verse 16 of 29
Verse 17
Verse 5.16
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥5.16॥
5.16 jñānena tu tad ajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitam ātmanaḥ teṣām ādityavaj jñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

But for those whose ignorance of the self (ātman) is destroyed by knowledge (jñāna), Their knowledge, like the sun, illuminates that Supreme (param).

Stoller MillerLiterary

When ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the self, then, like the sun, knowledge illumines ultimate reality.

ZaehnerJesuit

(16) But some there are whose ignorance of self by wisdom is destroyed. Their wisdom, like the sun, illumines that [all-]highest.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

5.16 But in the case of those of whom that ignorance of theirs becomes destroyed by the knowledge (of the Self), their Knowledge, like the sun, reveals that supreme Reality.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

5.16 But for those in whom this ignorance is destroyed by the knowledge of the self, that knowledge, in their case, is supreme and shines like the sun.

SivanandaVedanta

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

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 15
Chapter 5
Verse 16 of 29
Verse 17