Word meanings
- api
- even
- cet
- if
- asi
- you are
- pāpebhyaḥ
- sinners
- sarvebhyaḥ
- of all
- pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ
- most sinful
- sarvam
- all
- jñāna-plavena
- by the boat of divine knowledge
- eva
- certainly
- vṛjinam
- sin
- santariṣyasi
- you shall cross over
Translations
Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins by the raft of knowledge.
Even if you are the greatest of sinners, you will cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom.
Even if you are the worst sinner among all sinners, you can still cross over all wickedness with the raft of Knowledge alone.
अगर तू सब पापियोंसे भी अधिक पापी है, तो भी तू ज्ञानरूपी नौकाके द्वारा निःसन्देह सम्पूर्ण पापसमुद्रसे अच्छी तरह तर जायगा।Commentary
You can cross the ocean of sin with the boat of the knowledge of the Self. (Cf.IX.30)