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Bhagavad Gita 5.17

तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः। गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः।।

tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣhṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gachchhantyapunar-āvṛittiṁ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣhāḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
tat-buddhayaḥtat-buddhayaḥthose whose intellect is directed toward God
tat-ātmānaḥtat-ātmānaḥthose whose heart (mind and intellect) is solely absorbed in God
tat-niṣhṭhāḥtat-niṣhṭhāḥthose whose intellect has firm faith in God
tat-parāyaṇāḥtat-parāyaṇāḥthose who strive after God as the supreme goal and refuge
gachchhantigachchhantigo
apunaḥ-āvṛittimapunaḥ-āvṛittimnot returning
jñānajñānaby knowledge
nirdhūtanirdhūtadispelled
kalmaṣhāḥkalmaṣhāḥsins

Their intellect absorbed in That, their self being That, established in That, with That as their supreme goal, they go whence there is no return, their sins dispelled by knowledge.

जिनकी बुद्धि उस (परमात्मा) में स्थित है,  जिनका मन तद्रूप हुआ है,  उसमें ही जिनकी निष्ठा है,  वह (ब्रह्म) ही जिनका परम लक्ष्य है,  ज्ञान के द्वारा पापरहित पुरुष अपुनरावृत्ति को प्राप्त होते हैं,  अर्थात् उनका पुनर्जन्म नहीं होता है।।