Chapter 4, Verse 9
Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
janma—birth; karma—activities; cha—and; me—of mine; divyam—divine; evam—thus; yaḥ—who; vetti—know; tattvataḥ—in truth; tyaktvā—having abandoned; deham—the body; punaḥ—again; janma—birth; na—never; eti—takes; mām—to me; eti—comes; saḥ—he; arjuna—Arjun
English translation
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.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
The Lord; though apparently born; is always beyond birth and death though apparently active for firmly establishing righteousness; He is ever beyond all actions. He who knows this is never born again. He attains knowledge of the Self and becomes liberated while living. The birth of the Lord is an illusion. It is Aprakrita (beyond the pale of Nature). It is divine. It is peculiar to the Lord. Though He appears in human form; His body is Chinmaya (full of consciousness; not inert matter as are human bodies composed of the five elements).
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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