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Karma Sanyasa Yoga · The Yoga of Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 5.16
Sanskrit
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः । तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥5.16॥
Transliteration
jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ | teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam ‖5.16‖
Meaning
“But for those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, that knowledge, like the sun, illumines the Supreme.”
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Theme: The Yoga of Renunciation
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