जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वतः ।त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन ॥
janma karma ca me divyam evaṃ yo vetti tattvataḥ |tyaktvā dehaṃ punarjanma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna ||
- जन्म · janma
- birth
- कर्म · karma
- action
- च · ca
- and
- मे · me
- my
- दिव्यम् · divyam
- divine
- एवम् · evam
- thus
- यः · yaḥ
- who
- वेत्ति · vetti
- knows
- तत्त्वतः · tattvataḥ
- in truth, in essence
- त्यक्त्वा · tyaktvā
- having left
- देहम् · deham
- the body
- पुनर्जन्म · punarjanma
- rebirth
- न · na
- not
- एति · eti
- goes to, reaches
- माम् · mām
- me
- अर्जुन · arjuna
- O Arjuna
“One who knows in truth my divine birth and action thus — leaving the body, he goes to no rebirth; he comes to me, O Arjuna.”
— Original plain-language translation
Theology turns liberating: truly grasping the Lord's unbound appearing frees one from one's own bound rebirth. Knowing his action rightly teaches the secret of unbinding ours. Devotion and knowledge merge in this knowing.
— Reader's notes (original)