Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
Verse 36
Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 36
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः। सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।
Transliteration (IAST)
api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi
Translation
Even if you are the most sinful of all sinners, you can cross over all sins by the boat of knowledge alone.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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