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Chapter 5 · Verse 16 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 5.16

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Sanskrit

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।।5.16।।

Transliteration

jñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ yeṣhāṁ nāśhitam ātmanaḥ teṣhām āditya-vaj jñānaṁ prakāśhayati tat param

Word by Word

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
Simplified Perspective

When the fire of divine knowledge burns away the darkness of ignorance from the temple of your own being, that knowledge becomes a sun within you—endless, ever-shining, needing no external fuel. The Vedantic masters teach us that this is not intellectual understanding but direct recognition of your true Self.

In our modern search for clarity and meaning, this verse invites you to stop accumulating information and instead kindle the transformative knowing that dissolves confusion at its root.

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Bhagavad Gita 5.16 — BG 5.16

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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