Learn·Chapter 4 · Knowledge, action and renunciation·Verse 36 of 42

Bhagavad Gītā 4.36, word by word

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः। सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि

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

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In English

Even if you are the greatest of sinners, you will cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

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