Bhagavad Gita 4.36
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः। सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।
api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| api | api | even |
| chet | chet | if |
| asi | asi | you are |
| pāpebhyaḥ | pāpebhyaḥ | sinners |
| sarvebhyaḥ | sarvebhyaḥ | of all |
| pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ | pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ | most sinful |
| sarvam | sarvam | all |
| jñāna-plavena | jñāna-plavena | by the boat of divine knowledge |
| eva | eva | certainly |
| vṛijinam | vṛijinam | sin |
| santariṣhyasi | santariṣhyasi | you shall cross over |
Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.
यदि तुम सब पापियों से भी अधिक पाप करने वाले हो, तो भी ज्ञानरूपी नौका द्वारा, निश्चय ही सम्पूर्ण पापों का तुम संतरण कर जाओगे।।