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Bhagavad Gita 5.17

Chapter 5, Verse 17

Part of 5: Karm Sanyās Yogकर्मसंन्यासयोग

तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः। गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः॥

Transliteration

tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣhṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gachchhantyapunar-āvṛittiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣhāḥ

Meaning

Their intellect absorbed in That, their self being That, established in That, with That as their supreme goal, they go whence there is no return, their sins dispelled by knowledge.

Word-by-word meaning
tat-buddhayaḥthose whose intellect is directed toward Godtat-ātmānaḥthose whose heart (mind and intellect) is solely absorbed in Godtat-niṣhṭhāḥthose whose intellect has firm faith in Godtat-parāyaṇāḥthose who strive after God as the supreme goal and refugegachchhantigoapunaḥ-āvṛittimnot returningjñānaby knowledgenirdhūtadispelledkalmaṣhāḥsins
Commentary

They fix their intellects on Brahman or the Supreme Self. They feel and realise that Brahman is their self. By constant and protracted meditation, they get established in Brahman. The whole world of names and forms vanishes for them. They live in Brahman alone. They have Brahman alone as their supreme goal or sole refuge. They rejoice in the Self alone. They are satisfied in the Self alone. They are contented in the Self alone. Such men never come back to this Samsara, as their sins are dispelled by knowledge (BrahmaJnana). (Cf. IX.34)

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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 17?
Their intellect absorbed in That, their self being That, established in That, with That as their supreme goal, they go whence there is no return, their sins dispelled by knowledge.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?
This is verse 17 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.