ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः | तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ||५-१६||
jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ . teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam ||5-16||
Chapter 5 · Verse 16
Karma Sannyasa Yoga
कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Translation
5.16 But for those in whom this ignorance is destroyed by the knowledge of the self, that knowledge, in their case, is supreme and shines like the sun.
Meaning
When ignorance the root cause of human sufferings is annihilated by the knowledge of the Self this knowledge illuminates the Supreme Brahman or that highest immortal Being just as the sun illumines all the objects of this gross physical universe.
Word by word
ज्ञानेन by wisdom तु but तत् that अज्ञानम् ignorance येषाम् whose नाशितम् is destroyed आत्मनः of the Self तेषाम् their आदित्यवत् like the sun ज्ञानम् knowledge प्रकाशयति reveals तत्परम् that Highest.