Shloka 16
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion
Devanagari script
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मन: । तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्
Transliteration
jñānena tu tad ajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitam ātmanaḥ | teṣām ādityavaj jñānaṃ prakāśayati tat param ||
Translation
しかし、真の知によってその無明が滅せられた者においては、その知は太陽のごとく輝き、至上の実在を顕わす。
Word by Word
ज्ञानेनby knowledge
ज्ञानेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अज्ञानम्ignorance
अज्ञानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअज्ञान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
येषाम्of whom/for whom
येषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
नाशितम्destroyed
नाशितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootनाशय्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive (sense)
आत्मनःof the self
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तेषाम्of those
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
आदित्यवत्like the sun
आदित्यवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदित्यवत्
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रकाशयतिillumines/reveals
प्रकाशयति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रकाशय्
FormPresent (लट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
परम्supreme
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
अर्जुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ā
Ātman (self)P
Param (the Supreme Reality)Ā
Āditya (the Sun, as simile)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Ignorance is not overcome by external change but by true knowledge; when ignorance is destroyed, knowledge becomes self-luminous like the sun and reveals the Supreme Reality (param).
In the Gita’s teaching context within Bhīṣma Parva, the discourse explains how inner delusion veils reality; for those who have removed that veil through knowledge, the highest truth becomes directly manifest.