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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 5 · Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 5.16

Lesson 220 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Renunciation in action and inner freedom. What does it mean to renounce possessiveness while continuing to act?

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Shloka · Devanagari

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

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

Sandhi-vicheda

jñānena+tu+tat+ajñānam+yeṣhām+nāśhitam+ātmanaḥ+teṣhām+āditya-vat+jñānam+prakāśhayati+tat+param

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Meaning of each word

jñānenasource form

by divine knowledge

tusource form

but

tatsource form

that

ajñānamsource form

ignorance

yeṣhāmsource form

whose

nāśhitamsource form

has been destroyed

ātmanaḥsource form

of the self

teṣhāmsource form

their

āditya-vatsource form

like the sun

jñānamsource form

knowledge

prakāśhayatisource form

illumines

tatsource form

that

paramsource form

Supreme Entity

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।5.16।। ज्ञानेन तु येन अज्ञानेन आवृताः मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः तत् अज्ञानं येषां जन्तूनां विवेकज्ञानेन आत्मविषयेण नाशितम् आत्मनः भवति तेषां जन्तूनाम् आदित्यवत् यथा आदित्यः समस्तं रूपजातम् अवभासयति तद्वत् ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं वस्तु सर्वं प्रकाशयति तत् परं परमार्थतत्त्वम्।।यत् परं ज्ञानं प्रकाशितम्

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 5.16

Course position220 / 701

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