4.35 यज्ज्ञात्वा न पुनर्मोहमेवं यास्यसि पाण्डव। येन भूतान्यशेषेण द्रक्ष्यस्यात्मन्यथो मयि
yaj
Word meanings
yat—which;jñātvā—having known;na—never;punaḥ—again;moham—delusion;evam—like this;yāsyasi—you shall get;pāṇḍava—Arjun, the son of Pandu;yena—by this;bhūtāni—living beings;aśheṣhāṇi—all;drakṣhyasi—you will see;ātmani—within me (Shree Krishna);atho—that is to say;mayi—in me
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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By knowing this, you will not be deluded again, O son of Pandu; and by this means, you will see all beings without exception in yourself, that is, in Me.
Having known That, thou shalt never again be confounded; and, O Arjuna, by the power of that wisdom, thou shalt see all these people as if they were thine own Self, and therefore as Me.
Knowing which, O Arjuna, you will not fall again into delusion in this way - by that knowledge you will see all beings without exception in your-self and then in Me.
Knowing which, O Pandava (Arjuna), you will not come under delusion again in this way, and through which you will see all beings without exception in the Self and also in Me.
Knowing that, thou shalt not, O Arjuna, again become deluded like this; and by that thou shalt see all beings in thy Self and also in Me!
4.37 यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन। ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा
yatha
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yathā—as;edhānsi—firewood;samiddhaḥ—blazing;agniḥ—fire;bhasma-sāt—to ashes;kurute—turns;arjuna—Arjun;jñāna-agniḥ—the fire of knowledge;sarva-karmāṇi—all reactions from material activities;bhasma-sāt—to ashes;kurute—it turns;tathā—similarly
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Just as a fire that is well-inflamed reduces fuel to ashes, so too does the fire of knowledge reduce all actions to ashes.
As the kindled fire consumes the fuel, so, O Arjuna, in the flame of wisdom the embers of action are burnt to ashes.
Just as burning fire turns fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge turn all Karma to ashes.
O Arjuna, as a blazing fire reduces pieces of wood to ashes, similarly the fire of Knowledge reduces all actions to ashes.
As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all actions to ashes!
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.36 अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः। सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि
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Word meanings
api—even;chet—if;asi—you are;pāpebhyaḥ—sinners;sarvebhyaḥ—of all;pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ—most sinful;sarvam—all;jñāna-plavena—by the boat of divine knowledge;eva—certainly;vṛijinam—sin;santariṣhyasi—you shall cross over
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Even if you are the highest sinner among all sinners, you can cross over the ocean of all sins by the boat of knowledge.
Be thou the greatest of sinners, yet thou shalt cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom.
Even if you be the most sinful of all sinners, you will cross over all sins by the boat of knowledge alone.
Even if you be the worst sinner among all sinners, still you will cross over all the wickedness with the raft of Knowledge alone.
Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt verily cross all sins by the raft of knowledge.
