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Chapter 4

Chapter 4 · Verse 9

Jnana Yoga

ज्ञानयोग

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः | त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन ||४-९||

janma karma ca me divyamevaṃ yo vetti tattvataḥ . tyaktvā dehaṃ punarjanma naiti māmeti so.arjuna ||4-9||

In plain words

The Lord though apparently born is always beyond birth and death though apparently active for firmly establishing righteousness. He is ever beyond all actions. He who knows this is never born again.

Translation

4.9 He who thus knows in truth My divine birth and actions does not get rirth after leaving the body; he will come to Me, O Arjuna.

Meaning

The Lord though apparently born is always beyond birth and death though apparently active for firmly establishing righteousness. He is ever beyond all actions. He who knows this is never born again. He attains knowledge of the Self and becomes liberated while living. The birth of the Lord is an illusion. It is Aprakrita (beyond the pale of Nature). It is divine. It is peculiar to the Lord. Though He appears in human form. His body is Chinmaya (full of consciousness not inert matter as are human bodies composed of the five elements).

Word by word

जन्म birth कर्म action च and मे My दिव्यम् divine एवम् thus यः who वेत्ति knows तत्त्वतः in true light त्यक्त्वा having abandoned देहम् the body पुनः again जन्म birth नः not एति gets माम् to Me एति comes सः he अर्जुन O Arjuna.