Bhagavad Gita 4.39 · Shraddhavan Labhate Jnanamश्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः।ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥
śhraddhāvān labhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ sanyatendriyaḥ
jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śhāntim achireṇādhigachchhati
Sanskrit recitation
Knowledge that cuts doubt · 4.34–4.42 · Teaching
Translation
The one who is full of faith, devoted to it, and has subdued their senses obtains this knowledge; and upon obtaining the knowledge, they attain the supreme peace immediately.
Hindi translation
जो जितेन्द्रिय तथा साधन-परायण है, ऐसा श्रद्धावान् मनुष्य ज्ञानको प्राप्त होता है और ज्ञानको प्राप्त होकर वह तत्काल परम शान्तिको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
Meaning
He who is full of faith, who constantly serves his Guru and hears his teachings, who has subdued the senses surely gets the knowledge and quickly attains the supreme peace or salvation (Moksha). All the above three qualifications are indispensable for an aspirant if he wants to attain to the supreme peace of the Eternal quickly. One alifiaction alone will not suffice. (Cf.X.10,11)
After Swami Sivananda
Knowledge that cuts doubt· 4.34–4.42→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 4.34Know that the wise who have realized the truth will instruct thee in that knowledge…
- 4.35Knowing that thou shalt not, O Arjuna, again be deluded like this; and by that thou shalt…
- 4.36Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins…
- 4.37As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce…
- 4.38Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga…
4.39The one who is full of faith, devoted to it, and has subdued their senses obtains this…
- 4.40The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting self go to destruction; there is neither…
- 4.41He who has renounced actions through Yoga, whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge,…
- 4.42Therefore, with the sword of knowledge (of the Self), cut asunder the doubt of the self,…
Word-by-word→
- parām
- supreme
- labhate
- achieves
- sanyata
- controlled
- jñānam
- transcendental knowledge
- labdhvā
- having achieved
- śhāntim
- peace
- achireṇa
- without delay
- indriyaḥ
- senses
- tat-paraḥ
- devoted (to that)
- adhigachchhati
- attains
- śhraddhā-vān
- a faithful person
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