Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 4.9

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्त्वत: त्यक्त्वा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन

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

Recitation · Text 4.9
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (19 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

The practical payoff of the last few verses: one who truly knows Krishna's birth and activity as divine does not take birth again on leaving the body. Understanding is described as doing something, not merely being correct.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Understanding here is described as doing something, not merely being correct about something.