Word meanings
- janma
- birth
- karma
- activities
- ca
- and
- me
- of mine
- divyam
- divine
- evam
- thus
- yaḥ
- who
- vetti
- know
- tattvataḥ
- in truth
- tyaktvā
- having abandoned
- deham
- the body
- punaḥ
- again
- janma
- birth
- na
- never
- eti
- takes
- mām
- to me
- eti
- comes
- saḥ
- he
- arjuna
- Arjun
Translations
He who thus knows, in their true light, My divine birth and actions, having abandoned the body, is not born again; he comes to Me, O Arjuna.
He who realizes the divine truth concerning My birth and life does not take birth again; and when he leaves his body, he becomes one with Me.
He who thus knows truly the divine birth and actions of Mine does not get rebirth after casting off the body. He attains Me, O Arjuna.
हे अर्जुन ! मेरे जन्म और कर्म दिव्य हैं। इस प्रकार (मेरे जन्म और कर्मको) जो मनुष्य तत्त्वसे जान लेता अर्थात् दृढ़तापूर्वक मान लेता है, वह शरीरका त्याग करके पुनर्जन्मको प्राप्त नहीं होता, प्रत्युत मुझे प्राप्त होता है।Commentary
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).