अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः | सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ||४-३६||
api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ . sarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṃ santariṣyasi ||4-36||
Chapter 4 · Verse 36
Jnana Yoga
ज्ञानयोग
Translation
4.36 Even if you be the most sinful of all sinners, you will cross over all sins by the boat of knowledge alone.
Meaning
You can cross the ocean of sin with the boat of the knowledge of the Self. (Cf. IX.30)
Word by word
अपि even चेत् if असि (thou) art पापेभ्यः than sinners सर्वेभ्यः (than) all पापकृत्तमः most sinful सर्वम् all ज्ञानप्लवेन by the raft of knowledge एव alone वृजिनम् sin सन्तरिष्यसि (thou) shalt cross.