Chapter 13, Verse 11
अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्। एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोन्यथा।।13.12।।
adhyātmajñānanityatvaṃ tattvajñānārthadarśanam। etajjñānamiti proktamajñānaṃ yadato'nyathā।।13.12।।
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- अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वम्
- constancy/steadfastness in knowledge of the Self (adhyātma-jñāna)
- तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्
- insight whose aim/purpose is knowledge of the (ultimate) truth or reality
- एतत्
- this
- ज्ञानम्
- knowledge
- इति
- thus
- प्रोक्तम्
- is declared/said (to be)
- अज्ञानम्
- ignorance/non-knowledge
- यत्
- which/that which
- अतः
- from this / other than this
- अन्यथा
- otherwise / different (from the above)
Commentary
ii. Constancy in Self-knowledge, perception of the end of the knowledge of truth. This is declared to be knowledge, and what is opposed to it is ignorance.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 7-11 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वम्
तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्
एतत्
ज्ञानम्
इति
प्रोक्तम्
अज्ञानम्
यत्
अतः
अन्यथा
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