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Bhagavad Gita · 4.36 · Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action·36 of 42

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमःसर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि

api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ

pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi

Sanskrit recitation

Knowledge that cuts doubt · 4.34–4.42 · Teaching

Translation

Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.

Meaning

You can cross the ocean of sin with the boat of the knowledge of the Self. (Cf.IX.30)

After Swami Sivananda

Knowledge that cuts doubt· 4.34–4.42

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
api
even
asi
you are
eva
certainly
chet
if
sarvam
all
vṛijinam
sin
pāpebhyaḥ
sinners
sarvebhyaḥ
of all
jñāna-plavena
by the boat of divine knowledge
santariṣhyasi
you shall cross over
pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ
most sinful

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