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BG 4.9 — 4.9 He who thus know, in their true light, My divine birth and action, having abandoned the body, is not born again, he comes to Me, O Arjuna. | Live Gita
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जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः |
त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन ||४-९||

janma karma ca me divyamevaṃ yo vetti tattvataḥ . tyaktvā dehaṃ punarjanma naiti māmeti so.arjuna ||4-9||


।।4.9।। हे अर्जुन ! मेरा जन्म और कर्म दिव्य है,  इस प्रकार जो पुरुष तत्त्वत:  जानता है, वह शरीर को त्यागकर फिर जन्म को नहीं प्राप्त होता;  वह मुझे ही प्राप्त होता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

4.9 जन्म birth? कर्म action? च and? मे My? दिव्यम् divine? एवम् thus? यः who? वेत्ति knows? तत्त्वतः in true light? त्यक्त्वा having abandoned? देहम् the body? पुनः again? जन्म birth? नः not? एति gets? माम् to Me? एति comes? सः he? अर्जुन O Arjuna.Commentary 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 bec

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।4.9।।वह मेरा मायामय जन्म और साधुरक्षण आदि कर्म दिव्य हैं अर्थात् अलौकिक हैं यानी केवल ईश्वरशक्तिसे ही होनेवाले हैं। इस प्रकार जो तत्त्वसे यथार्थ जानता है। हे अर्जुन वह इस शरीरको छोड़कर पुनर्जन्म अर्थात् पुनः उत्पत्तिको प्राप्त नहीं होता ( बल्कि ) मेरे पास आ जाता है अर्थात् मुक्त हो जाता है।

Swami Gambirananda

4.9 He who thus knows truly the divine birth and actions of Mine does not get rirth after casting off the body. He attains Me, O Arjuna.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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