इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः ।सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च ॥
idaṃ jñānam upāśritya mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ |sarge 'pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca ||
- इदम् · idam
- this
- ज्ञानम् · jñānam
- knowledge
- उपाश्रित्य · upāśritya
- having taken refuge in, resorting to
- मम · mama
- my
- साधर्म्यम् · sādharmyam
- likeness of nature, oneness in being
- आगताः · āgatāḥ
- have attained
- सर्गे · sarge
- at creation
- न उपजायन्ते · na upajāyante
- are not born again
- प्रलये · pralaye
- at dissolution
- न व्यथन्ति · na vyathanti
- they do not tremble, are not troubled
“Taking refuge in this knowledge, they attained oneness with my being — they are not born again at creation, nor troubled at dissolution.”
— Original plain-language translation
Steadiness beyond cosmic cycles is the promise here: one rooted in this knowledge is untouched by the universe's own birth and death. Sadharmya means sharing the Lord's nature, not merging away all distinction. This verse sets the fruit before the teaching, to give Arjuna confidence.
— Reader's notes (original)