Bhagavad Gita · 4.36
Chapter 4, Verse 36
Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।
सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।
Transliteration
api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ
sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi
Word meanings
api—even; chet—if; asi—you are; pāpebhyaḥ—sinners; sarvebhyaḥ—of all; pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ—most sinful; sarvam—all; jñāna-plavena—by the boat of divine knowledge; eva—certainly; vṛijinam—sin; santariṣhyasi—you shall cross over
English translation
Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
You can cross the ocean of sin with the boat of the knowledge of the Self. (Cf. IX.30)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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