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Bhagavad Gita 4.9

Chapter 4, Verse 9

Part of 4: Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yogज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः। त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन॥

Transliteration

janma karma cha me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna

Meaning

He who thus knows, in their true light, My divine birth and actions, having abandoned the body, is not born again; he comes to Me, O Arjuna.

Word-by-word meaning
janmabirthkarmaactivitieschaandmeof minedivyamdivineevamthusyaḥwhovettiknowtattvataḥin truthtyaktvāhaving abandoneddehamthe bodypunaḥagainjanmabirthnaneveretitakesmāmto meeticomessaḥhearjunaArjun
Commentary

The Lord, though apparently born, is always beyond birth and death though apparently active for firmly establishing righteousness? He is ever beyond all actions. He who knows this is never born again. He attains knowledge of the Self and becomes liberated while living. The birth of the Lord is an illusion. It is Aprakrita (beyond the pale of Nature). It is divine. It is peculiar to the Lord. Though He appears in human form? His body is Chinmaya (full of consciousness, not inert matter as are human bodies composed of the five elements).

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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Verse 9?
He who thus knows, in their true light, My divine birth and actions, having abandoned the body, is not born again; he comes to Me, O Arjuna.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?
This is verse 9 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.