Bhagavad Gita 4.36अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥

api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ

pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi

Sanskrit recitation

Knowledge that cuts doubt · 4.34–4.42 · Teaching

Translation

Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.

अगर तू सब पापियोंसे भी अधिक पापी है, तो भी तू ज्ञानरूपी नौकाके द्वारा निःसन्देह सम्पूर्ण पापसमुद्रसे अच्छी तरह तर जायगा।

You can cross the ocean of sin with the boat of the knowledge of the Self. (Cf.IX.30)

After Swami Sivananda

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