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जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः। त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन।।4.9।।

janma karma cha me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 4, Verse 9
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: one who truly understands the divine nature of this birth and action is not reborn after death, but comes to Krishna, understanding correctly is framed as the actual liberating factor.

In life: really understanding why something happened, not just what happened, changes how it affects your future choices.

Teaching: when reflecting on a major event in your life, dig for the actual understanding of why it unfolded that way, not just the surface facts, that's where the real release comes from.

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tyaktvāhaving abandoned
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Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
4.9 जन्म birth? कर्म action? च and? मे My? दिव्यम् divine? एवम् thus? यः who? वेत्ति knows? तत्त्वतः in true light? त्यक्त्वा having abandoned? देहम् the body? पुनः again? जन्म birth? नः not? एति gets? माम् to Me? एति comes? सः he? अर्जुन O Arjuna.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).