Bhagavad Gita 4.9जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन ॥

janma karma cha me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ

tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna

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4.8 4.10

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Translation

He who thus knows, in their true light, My divine birth and actions, having abandoned the body, is not born again; he comes to Me, O Arjuna.

Hindi translation

हे अर्जुन ! मेरे जन्म और कर्म दिव्य हैं। इस प्रकार (मेरे जन्म और कर्मको) जो मनुष्य तत्त्वसे जान लेता अर्थात् दृढ़तापूर्वक मान लेता है, वह शरीरका त्याग करके पुनर्जन्मको प्राप्त नहीं होता, प्रत्युत मुझे प्राप्त होता है।

Meaning

The Lord, though apparently born, is always beyond birth and death though apparently active for firmly establishing righteousness, He is ever beyond all actions. He who knows this is never born again. He attains knowledge of the Self and becomes liberated while living.The birth of the Lord is an illusion. It is Aprakrita (beyond the pale of Nature). It is divine. It is peculiar to the Lord. Though He appears in human form, His body is Chinmaya (full of consciousness, not inert matter as are human bodies composed of the five elements).

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Wisdom that returns in every age· 4.1–4.15→

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Word-by-word→

me: of mine
na: never
cha: and
eti: comes
evam: thus
mām: to me
deham: the body
janma: birth
karma: activities
saḥ: he
vetti: know
yaḥ: who
arjuna: Arjun
divyam: divine
punaḥ: again
tyaktvā: having abandoned
tattvataḥ: in truth

Bhagavad Gita 4.9जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः।त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन ॥

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