Learn·Chapter 4 · Knowledge, action and renunciation·Verse 9 of 42

Bhagavad Gītā 4.9, word by word

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः। त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन

janma karma cha me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna

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In English

He who realizes the divine truth concerning My birth and life does not take birth again; and when he leaves his body, he becomes one with Me.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

He who thus knows, in their true light, My divine birth and actions, having abandoned the body, is not born again; he comes to Me, O Arjuna.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

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