Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasa Yoga, verse 16
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥
Say itjñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ yeṣhāṁ nāśhitam ātmanaḥ
teṣhām āditya-vaj jñānaṁ prakāśhayati tat param
Translation
But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme Brahman.
Swami Sivananda
But in the case of those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge (of the Self), their knowledge, like the sun, reveals that supreme Reality.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
But for those in whom this ignorance is destroyed by the knowledge of the Self, that knowledge, in their case, is supreme and shines brightly like the sun.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
In the case of those whose illusion has been destroyed by Self-knowledge, that knowledge illuminates itself, like the sun.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Surely, wisdom is like the sun, revealing the supreme truth to those whose ignorance has been dispelled by the wisdom of the Self.
Shri Purohit Swami
परन्तु जिन्होंने अपने जिस ज्ञान-(विवक-) के द्वारा उस अज्ञानका नाश कर दिया है, उनका वह ज्ञान सूर्यकी तरह परमतत्त्व परमात्माको प्रकाशित कर देता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
परन्तु जिनका वह अज्ञान आत्मज्ञान से नष्ट हो जाता है, उनके लिए वह ज्ञान, सूर्य के सदृश, परमात्मा को प्रकाशित करता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.