Chapter 5, Verse 17
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः। गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।5.17।।
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः। गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।5.17।। => tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ। gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ।।5.17।।
Word by word
- tad-buddhayaḥ
- those whose intellects are fixed on That (the Supreme)
- tad-ātmānaḥ
- those whose minds/selves are absorbed in That
- tan-niṣṭhāḥ
- those whose steadfast devotion is in That
- tat-parāyaṇāḥ
- those for whom That is the supreme goal/refuge
- gacchanti
- they go
- apunar-āvṛttim
- to non-return (freedom from rebirth)
- jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ
- those whose impurities/sins have been washed away by knowledge
Commentary
17. Wilh their consciousness in That, their Self being That, intent on That, with That for their supreme goal, they go never again to return,, their sins shaken off by means of wisdom.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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