अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः ।
सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥
सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
अगर तू सब पापियोंसे भी अधिक पापी है, तो भी तू ज्ञानरूपी नौकाके द्वारा निःसन्देह सम्पूर्ण पापसमुद्रसे अच्छी तरह तर जायगा ॥
English
Even if you are the worst of wrongdoers, you will cross all wrongdoing by the raft of knowledge alone.
श्लोक का अर्थ
Even if someone has done terrible things, clear understanding can still carry them beyond the whole burden of wrongdoing.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield, Arjuna is frozen by guilt and confusion. Krishna keeps teaching him that knowledge changes everything: even someone burdened by the worst wrongdoing can cross over it. The next verse shows that this knowledge burns action itself.
आज के संदर्भ में
You replay the mistake in your head after the argument, the lie, the betrayal. Krishna says the mind can stop circling the wound: clear understanding can still carry you through.
सार
There is relief in knowing your worst history does not have the final word.
शब्दार्थ
अपि (even) / चेदसि (even if you are) / पापेभ्यः (than wrongdoers) / सर्वेभ्यः (all) / पापकृत्तमः (most sinful) / सर्वम् (all) / ज्ञानप्लवेन (by the raft of knowledge) / एव (alone) / वृजिनम् (wrongdoing / trouble) / सन्तरिष्यसि (you will cross over)
यह श्लोक भगवद् गीता अध्याय 4: ज्ञान कर्म संन्यास योग — ज्ञान और कर्म-संन्यास का योग का भाग है, जिसमें कुल 42 श्लोक हैं।
संबंधित विषय: jnana (24 श्लोक)