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BG 5.16 — 5.16 But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by the knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme (Brahman). | Live Gita
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ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः |
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ||५-१६||

jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ . teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam ||5-16||


।।5.16।। परन्तु जिनका वह अज्ञान आत्मज्ञान से नष्ट हो जाता है,  उनके लिए वह ज्ञान,  सूर्य के सदृश,  परमात्मा को प्रकाशित करता है।।

Word-by-word meanings

5.16 ज्ञानेन by wisdom? तु but? तत् that? अज्ञानम् ignorance? येषाम् whose? नाशितम् is destroyed? आत्मनः of the Self? तेषाम् their? आदित्यवत् like the sun? ज्ञानम् knowledge? प्रकाशयति reveals? तत्परम् that Highest.Commentary When ignorance? the root cause of human sufferings? is annihilated by the knowledge of the Self? this knowledge illuminates the Supreme Brahman or that highest immortal Being? just as the sun illumines all the objects of this gross? physical universe.

Commentaries

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

Sri Shankaracharya

।।5.16।।जिन जीवोंके अन्तःकरणका वह अज्ञान जिस अज्ञानसे आच्छादित हुए जीव मोहित होते हैं आत्मविषयक विवेकज्ञानद्वारा नष्ट हो जाता है उनका वह ज्ञान सूर्यकी भाँति उस परम परमार्थतत्त्वको प्रकाशित कर देता है। अर्थात् जैसे सूर्य समस्त रूपमात्रको प्रकाशित कर देता है वैसे ही उनका ज्ञान समस्त ज्ञेय वस्तुको प्रकाशित कर देता है।

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Swami Gambirananda

5.16 But in the case of those of whom that ignorance of theirs becomes destroyed by the knowledge (of the Self), their Knowledge, like the sun, reveals that supreme Reality.

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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