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Chapter 4

Chapter 4 · Verse 39

Jnana Yoga

ज्ञानयोग

श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः | ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति ||४-३९||

śraddhāvā.Nllabhate jñānaṃ tatparaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ . jñānaṃ labdhvā parāṃ śāntimacireṇādhigacchati ||4-39||

In plain words

He who is full of faith who constantly serves his Guru and hears his teachings who has subdued the senses surely gets the knowledge and ickly attains the supreme peace or salvation (Moksha). All the above three alifications are indispensable for an aspirant if he wants to attain to the supreme peace of the Eternal ickly. One alifiaction alone will not suffice.

Translation

4.39 He who has faith, who is intent on it, and who has mastered his senses, attains knowledge. Having attained knowledge, he goes soon to supreme peace.

Meaning

He who is full of faith who constantly serves his Guru and hears his teachings who has subdued the senses surely gets the knowledge and ickly attains the supreme peace or salvation (Moksha). All the above three alifications are indispensable for an aspirant if he wants to attain to the supreme peace of the Eternal ickly. One alifiaction alone will not suffice. (Cf. X.10 11)

Word by word

श्रद्धावान् the man of faith लभते obtains ज्ञानम् knowledge तत्परः devoted संयतेन्द्रियः who has subdued the senses ज्ञानम् knowledge लब्ध्वा having obtained पराम् supreme शान्तिम् to peace अचिरेण at once अधिगच्छति attains.