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Bhagavad Gītā 5.16

BG 5.16

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्

jñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ yeṣhāṁ nāśhitam ātmanaḥ teṣhām āditya-vaj jñānaṁ prakāśhayati tat param

Surely, wisdom is like the sun, revealing the supreme truth to those whose ignorance has been dispelled by the wisdom of the Self.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme Brahman.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

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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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 5.16, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/5.16), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

Edition, numbering and licence

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense)

Dataset: Unlicense (public domain dedication). Translations: see per-translation licence.

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