Bhagavad Gita 5.16
Karma Sanyasa Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः | तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ||५-१६||
Transliteration
jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ . teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam ||5-16||
But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by the knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme (Brahman).
Word by Word
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
Classical 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.