Bhagavad Gita 5.16 meaningFreedom while fully engaged
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Knowing yourself lights everything up, like the sun.”
What it means
“But for those whose ignorance is removed by self-knowledge, that knowledge lights up the highest truth like the sun.”
The original Sanskrit
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः । तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥
jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam
Translations
Literal translation
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.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
परन्तु जिनका वह अज्ञान आत्मज्ञान से नष्ट हो जाता है, उनके लिए वह ज्ञान, सूर्य के सदृश, परमात्मा को प्रका शित करता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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