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Bhagavad Gita 5.17तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः।गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ॥

tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣhṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ

gachchhantyapunar-āvṛittiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣhāḥ

Sanskrit recitation

5.165.18
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Peace of the one who knows · 5.13–5.29 · Teaching

Translation

Their intellect absorbed in That, their self being That, established in That, with That as their supreme goal, they go whence there is no return, their sins dispelled by knowledge.

Hindi translation

जिनकी बुद्धि तदाकार हो रही है, जिनका मन तदाकार हो रहा है, जिनकी स्थिति परमात्मतत्वमें है, ऐसे परमात्मपरायण साधक ज्ञानके द्वारा पापरहित होकर अपुनरावृत्ति (परमगति) को प्राप्त होते हैं।

Meaning

They fix their intellects on Brahman or the Supreme Self. They feel and realise that Brahman is their self. By constant and protracted meditation, they get established in Brahman. The whole world of names and forms vanishes for them. They live in Brahman alone. They have Brahman alone as their supreme goal or sole refuge. They rejoice in the Self alone. They are satisfied in the Self alone. They are contented in the Self alone. Such men never come back to this Samsara, as their sins are dispelled by knowledge (BrahmaJnana). (Cf.IX.34)

After Swami Sivananda

Peace of the one who knows· 5.13–5.29→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
jñāna
by knowledge
nirdhūta
dispelled
gachchhanti
go
kalmaṣhāḥ
sins
tat-buddhayaḥ
those whose intellect is directed toward God
tat-ātmānaḥ
those whose heart (mind and intellect) is solely absorbed in God
tat-niṣhṭhāḥ
those whose intellect has firm faith in God
tat-parāyaṇāḥ
those who strive after God as the supreme goal and refuge
apunaḥ-āvṛittim
not returning

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