Chapter 5, Verse 16
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।।5.16।।
jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ। teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam।।5.16।।
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- ज्ञानेन
- by knowledge
- तु
- but/indeed
- तत्
- that
- अज्ञानं
- ignorance
- येषां
- of whom (those persons)
- नाशितम्
- has been destroyed
- आत्मनः
- of the self
- तेषाम्
- for them
- आदित्यवत्
- like the sun
- ज्ञानं
- knowledge
- प्रकाशयति
- illumines/reveals
- तत् परम्
- that Supreme (Reality)
Commentary
16. But to those whose unwisdom is destroy- ed by wisdom of the Self, like the sun wisdom illuminates that Supreme.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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ज्ञानेन
तु
तत्
अज्ञानं
येषां
नाशितम्
आत्मनः
तेषाम्
आदित्यवत्
ज्ञानं
प्रकाशयति
तत् परम्
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