5.16 ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्
jñānena tu tad
Word meanings
jñānena—by divine knowledge;tu—but;tat—that;ajñānam—ignorance;yeṣhām—whose;nāśhitam—has been destroyed;ātmanaḥ—of the self;teṣhām—their;āditya-vat—like the sun;jñānam—knowledge;prakāśhayati—illumines;tat—that;param—Supreme Entity
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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In the case of those whose illusion has been destroyed by Self-knowledge, that knowledge illuminates itself, like the sun.
Surely wisdom is like the sun, revealing the supreme truth to those whose ignorance is dispelled by the wisdom of the Self.
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.
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.
But, to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme (Brahman).
5.18 विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि। शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः
vidyā
Word meanings
vidyā—divine knowledge;vinaya—humbleness;sampanne—equipped with;brāhmaṇe—a Brahmin;gavi—a cow;hastini—an elephant;śhuni—a dog;cha—and;eva—certainly;śhva-pāke—a dog-eater;cha—and;paṇḍitāḥ—the learned;sama-darśhinaḥ—see with equal vision
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The wise, by nature, look equally upon a Brahmana, rich in learning and humility, a cow, an elephant, and even a dog and a dog-cooker (an outcaste).
Sages look equally upon all, whether he be a minister of learning and humility, or an infidel, or whether it be a cow, an elephant or a dog.
The sages look with an equal eye on one endowed with learning and humility, a Brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater.
The learned ones look with equanimity on a Brahmana endowed with learning and humquality, a cow, an elephant and even a dog as well as an eater of dog's meat.
Sages look with an equal eye on a Brahmin endowed with learning and humility, on a cow, on an elephant, and even on a dog and an outcaste.
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कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 5: Renounce Through Works
karmasaṃnyāsayoga
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5.17 तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः। गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः
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Word meanings
tat-buddhayaḥ—those whose intellect is directed toward God;tat-ātmānaḥ—those whose heart (mind and intellect) is solely absorbed in God;tat-niṣhṭhāḥ—those whose intellect has firm faith in God;tat-parāyaṇāḥ—those who strive after God as the supreme goal and refuge;gachchhanti—go;apunaḥ-āvṛittim—not returning;jñāna—by knowledge;nirdhūta—dispelled;kalmaṣhāḥ—sins
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Those who have their intellect and self (mind) devoted to This; who have established themselves in This and have This [alone] as their supreme goal; and who have washed off their sins through [perfect] knowledge—they reach a state from which there is no more return.
Meditating on the Divine, having faith in the Divine, concentrating on the Divine and losing themselves in the Divine, their sins dissolved in wisdom, they go whence there is no return.
Those whose intellects pursue It (the self), whose minds think about It, who undergo discipline for It, and who hold It as their highest object, have their impurities cleansed by knowledge and go whence there is no return.
Those who have their intellect absorbed in That, whose Self is That, who are steadfast in That, who have That as their supreme Goal-they attain the state of non-returning, their dirt having been removed by Knowledge.
Their intellect absorbed in That, their self being That; established in That, with That as their supreme goal, they go whence there is no return, their sins dispelled by knowledge.
