Illustration for Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 16
Chapter 5 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Like a Rising Sun · Knowledge Dispels Darkness

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः । तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ।।16।।

jñānena tu tad ajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitam ātmanaḥ teṣām āditya-vaj jñānaṃ prakāśayati tat param

Meaning

"But for those whose ignorance has been destroyed by knowledge of the self, that knowledge illuminates the Supreme like the rising sun."

Explanation

Krishna offers a beautiful image of dawning clarity, showing how knowledge dispels confusion the way sunrise dispels darkness.

Today's Life Lesson

Trust that today's confusion is temporary, and that clarity, once it comes, can arrive as suddenly as sunrise.

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