Chapter 5, Verse 16
Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
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
English translation
But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme Brahman.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
When ignorance; the root cause of human sufferings; is annihilated by the knowledge of the Self; this knowledge illuminates the Supreme Brahman or that highest immortal Being; just as the sun illumines all the objects of this gross; physical universe.
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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