Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 4.39

श्रद्धावान् लभते ज्ञानं तत्पर: संयतेन्द्रिय: ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति

śhraddhāvānllabhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ sanyatendriyaḥ jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śhāntim achireṇādhigachchhati

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Three conditions are named for attaining it: faith, devotion to it, and mastery of the senses — and having attained it, one reaches supreme peace without delay. The delay is all in the preparation, not in the result.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The delay is entirely in the preparation — the result, once reached, is described as immediate.