Verset 5.16

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः ।

तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥

5.16

Translittération

jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ |

teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam ||

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Traduction

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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Mot à mot

by knowledge
but
that
ignorance
whose
is destroyed
of the self

their
like the sun
knowledge
reveals
that
Supreme

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

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.