Chapter 10, Verse 11
तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः। नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता।।10.11।।
teṣāmevānukampārthamahamajñānajaṃ tamaḥ। nāśayāmyātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā।।10.11।।
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- तेषाम्
- for them
- एव
- indeed/only
- अनुकम्पा-अर्थम्
- out of compassion / for the sake of grace
- अहम्
- I
- अज्ञानजम्
- born of ignorance
- तमः
- darkness
- नाशयामि
- I destroy
- आत्मभावस्थः
- situated within their own being/nature
- ज्ञानदीपेन
- with the lamp of knowledge
- भास्वता
- shining/brilliant
Commentary
ii. Out of mere compassion for them, I, abiding in their self, destroy the darkness born of ignorance, by the luminous lamp of wisdom.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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तेषाम्
एव
अनुकम्पा-अर्थम्
अहम्
अज्ञानजम्
तमः
नाशयामि
आत्मभावस्थः
ज्ञानदीपेन
भास्वता
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