Bhagavad Gita 5.15 Meaning: Nadatte kasyachitpapam

Bhagavad Gita 5.15

नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः ।अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥

Nadatte kasyachitpapam na chaiva sukritam vibhuhAjnanenavritam jnanam tena muhyanti jantavah

nādatte kasyacitpāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhuḥ |ajñānenāvṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ ||

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Our explanation Krishna says that the all-pervading one (vibhu) takes on no one's sin and no one's good deed. Knowledge, he says, is covered by ignorance, and that is why beings are deluded.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि विभु (सर्वव्यापी) किसी का पाप नहीं लेता और किसी का पुण्य भी नहीं। वे कहते हैं कि अज्ञान से ज्ञान ढका हुआ है, इसी से प्राणी मोह में पड़ते हैं।

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न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
आदत्ते ādatte · takes on (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: ā-dā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 136, col. 3 “'to give to one's self,' take, accept, receive”
कस्यचित् kasyacit · of anyone (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: kim, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 282, col. 2 “what? how? whence? wherefore? why?”; 2. cid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 398, col. 1 “even, indeed, also”
पापम् pāpam · sin (accusative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: pāpa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 618, col. 2 “sin, vice, crime, guilt”
न na · nor (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “not, no, nor, neither”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
एव eva · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
सुकृतम् sukṛtam · good deed (accusative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: su-kṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1220, col. 2 “a good or righteous deed, meritorious act, virtue, moral merit”
विभुः vibhuḥ · the all-pervading one (nominative singular) Dictionary: vi-bhu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 978, col. 3 “being everywhere, far-extending, all-pervading, omnipresent, eternal”
अज्ञानेन ajñānena · by ignorance (instrumental singular) Dictionary: a-jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 10, col. 3 “ignorance”
आवृतम् āvṛtam · covered (past participle, nominative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: ā-vṛta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 156, col. 1 “covered, concealed, hid”
ज्ञानम् jñānam · knowledge (nominative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: jñāna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 426, col. 1 “knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge”
तेन tena · by that, so (pronoun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “that, this”
मुह्यन्ति muhyanti · are deluded (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. muh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 825, col. 1 “to become stupefied or unconscious, be bewildered or perplexed”
जन्तवः jantavaḥ · beings (nominative plural) Dictionary: jantu, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 411, col. 2 “a creature, living being”

As regards the Lord's relation to man's merit or sin. ↩

Bhagavad Gita 5.15: meaning and translation

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