Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

    Verse 36

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 36

    अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः। सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि।।4.36।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    api ched asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛijinaṁ santariṣhyasi

    Translation

    Even if you are the most sinful of all sinners, you can cross over all sins by the boat of knowledge alone.
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