Chapter 4, Verse 36
Part of 4: Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोगअपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः। सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि॥
Transliteration
api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi
Meaning
Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.
Word-by-word meaning
api — evenchet — ifasi — you arepāpebhyaḥ — sinnerssarvebhyaḥ — of allpāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ — most sinfulsarvam — alljñāna-plavena — by the boat of divine knowledgeeva — certainlyvṛijinam — sinsantariṣhyasi — you shall cross over
Commentary
You can cross the ocean of sin with the boat of the knowledge of the Self. (Cf. IX.30)
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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Verse 36?▼
Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?▼
This is verse 36 of Chapter 4 (Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.