Verse 5.16
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः ।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥
Transliteration
jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ |
teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by the knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme (Brahman).
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But for those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the self, that knowledge, like the sun, lights up the supreme.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
Word by word
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna gives the image of the sun. When ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the self, that knowledge shines like the sun and reveals the supreme reality. The sun does not create what it lights up; it shows what is already there. In the same way, knowledge does not produce the highest truth but uncovers it. The verse completes the thought of the previous one: what ignorance covers, knowledge reveals. The contrast of darkness and light is one of the oldest images for spiritual awakening.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08