Gita Verse 4.36

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4, Verse 36

Sanskrit Verse

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः।

सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।

Transliteration

api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ

sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi

Word meanings

api—even; chet—if; asi—you are; pāpebhyaḥ—sinners; sarvebhyaḥ—of all; pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ—most sinful; sarvam—all; jñāna-plavena—by the boat of divine knowledge; eva—certainly; vṛijinam—sin; santariṣhyasi—you shall cross over

Swami Sivananda's translation

Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 4