5.16
Chapter 5, Verse 16
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्৷৷
jñānēna tu tadajñānaṅ yēṣāṅ nāśitamātmanaḥ. tēṣāmādityavajjñānaṅ prakāśayati tatparam৷৷
Translation
Surely wisdom is like the sun, revealing the supreme truth to those whose ignorance is dispelled by the wisdom of the Self.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
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.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.