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Bhagavad Gita · 4.36 · Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action·36 of 42

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥

api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ

pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi

Sanskrit recitation

Knowledge that cuts doubt · 4.34–4.42 · Teaching

Translation

Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.

Meaning

You can cross the ocean of sin with the boat of the knowledge of the Self. (Cf.IX.30)

After Swami Sivananda

Knowledge that cuts doubt· 4.34–4.42→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
api
even
chet
if
asi
you are
pāpebhyaḥ
sinners
sarvebhyaḥ
of all
pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ
most sinful
sarvam
all
jñāna-plavena
by the boat of divine knowledge
eva
certainly
vṛijinam
sin
santariṣhyasi
you shall cross over

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