Gita Verse 10.11

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10, Verse 11

Sanskrit Verse

तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः।

नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वता।।10.11।।

Transliteration

teṣhām evānukampārtham aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ

nāśhayāmyātma-bhāva-stho jñāna-dīpena bhāsvatā

Word meanings

teṣhām—for them; eva—only; anukampā-artham—out of compassion; aham—I; ajñāna-jam—born of ignorance; tamaḥ—darkness; nāśhayāmi—destroy; ātma-bhāva—within their hearts; sthaḥ—dwelling; jñāna—of knowledge; dīpena—with the lamp; bhāsvatā—luminous

Swami Sivananda's translation

Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their selves, destroy the darkness born of ignorance with the luminous lamp of knowledge.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 10