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अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः । सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं संतरिष्यसि॥६-२६-३६॥
Even if you are the most culpable among all who commit wrongdoing, you will cross over all adversity by the raft of knowledge alone.
english translation
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन । ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा॥६-२६-३७॥
Just as a well-kindled fire reduces fuel to ash, O Arjuna, so the fire of knowledge reduces all actions (and their binding residues) to ash.
english translation
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते । तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति॥६-२६-३८॥
Indeed, nothing here is found as purifying as knowledge; the one perfected in yoga discovers that knowledge in the Self, in due course.
english translation
श्रद्धावांल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः । ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति॥६-२६-३९॥
The person of faith attains knowledge—devoted to it and with controlled senses; having attained knowledge, one soon reaches supreme peace.
english translation
अज्ञश्चाश्रद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति । नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः॥६-२६-४०॥
The ignorant, the faithless, and the one whose very self is steeped in doubt perishes; for the doubt-ridden, neither this world nor the next is secure—nor is there happiness.
english translation