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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 4 · Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 4.36
Lesson 198 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Knowledge, tradition, divine descent and wise action. How are knowledge, tradition and action brought together?

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Shloka · Devanagari

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥsarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi

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Sandhi-vicheda

api+chet+asi+pāpebhyaḥ+sarvebhyaḥ+pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ+sarvam+jñāna-plavena+eva+vṛijinam+santariṣhyasi

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Meaning of each word

apisource form
even
chetsource form
if
asisource form
you are
pāpebhyaḥsource form
sinners
sarvebhyaḥsource form
of all
pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥsource form
most sinful
sarvamsource form
all
jñāna-plavenasource form
by the boat of divine knowledge
evasource form
certainly
vṛijinamsource form
sin
santariṣhyasisource form
you shall cross over
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Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1
Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।4.36।। अपि चेत् असि पापेभ्यः पापकृद्भ्यः सर्वेभ्यः अतिशयेन पापकृत् पापकृत्तमः सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव ज्ञानमेव प्लवं कृत्वा वृजिनं वृजिनार्णवं पापसमुद्रं संतरिष्यसि। धर्मोऽपि इह मुमुक्षोः पापम् उच्यते।।ज्ञानं कथं नाशयति पापमिति दृष्टान्त उच्यते

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 4.36
Course position198 / 701
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