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

କିନ୍ତୁ ଯାହାଙ୍କର ସେଇ ଅଜ୍ଞାନ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱଜ୍ଞାନଦ୍ୱାରା ନଶିଯାଇଛି, ସେମାନଙ୍କର ଜ୍ଞାନ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ସଦୃଶ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ ହୋଇ ପରମ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱକୁ ପ୍ରକାଶ କରେ।

Word by Word

• ज्ञानेन: by knowledge
• ज्ञानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अज्ञानम्: ignorance
• अज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• येषाम्: of whom/for whom
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• नाशितम्: destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नाशय्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Passive (sense)

• आत्मनः: of the self
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तेषाम्: of those
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आदित्यवत्: like the sun
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदित्यवत्

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकाशयति: illumines/reveals
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रकाशय्
• Form: Present (लट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ātman (self)
• Param (the Supreme Reality)
• Āditya (the Sun, as simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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).

What is happening in the narrative?

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.