Gita Verse 18.50

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 50

Sanskrit Verse

सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा।।18.50।।

Transliteration

siddhiṁ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me

samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣhṭhā jñānasya yā parā

Word meanings

siddhim—perfection; prāptaḥ—attained; yathā—how; brahma—Brahman; tathā—also; āpnoti—attain; nibodha—hear; me—from me; samāsena—briefly; eva—indeed; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; niṣhṭhā—firmly fixed; jñānasya—of knowledge; yā—which; parā—transcendental

Swami Sivananda's translation

Learn from Me, O Arjuna, in brief how one who has attained perfection reaches Brahman—the Eternal, that supreme state of knowledge.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18