Chapter 5, Verse 16
Part of 5: Karm Sanyās Yog — कर्मसंन्यासयोगज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्॥
Transliteration
jñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ yeṣhāṁ nāśhitam ātmanaḥ teṣhām āditya-vaj jñānaṁ prakāśhayati tat param
Meaning
But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme Brahman.
Word-by-word meaning
jñānena — by divine knowledgetu — buttat — thatajñānam — ignoranceyeṣhām — whosenāśhitam — has been destroyedātmanaḥ — of the selfteṣhām — theirāditya-vat — like the sunjñānam — knowledgeprakāśhayati — illuminestat — thatparam — Supreme Entity
Commentary
When ignorance, the root cause of human sufferings, is annihilated by the knowledge of the Self, this knowledge illuminates the Supreme Brahman or that highest immortal Being, just as the sun illumines all the objects of this gross, physical universe.
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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 16?▼
But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme Brahman.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?▼
This is verse 16 of Chapter 5 (Karm Sanyās Yog — Path of Renunciation) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.