Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 5.15

नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभु: अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तव:

nādatte kasyachit pāpaṁ na chaiva sukṛitaṁ vibhuḥ ajñānenāvṛitaṁ jñānaṁ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ

Recitation · Text 5.15
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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The omnipresent accepts neither anyone's wrongdoing nor their good deeds; beings are deluded because knowledge is covered over by ignorance. The problem is diagnosed as obstruction, not absence — the knowledge is there, veiled.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The diagnosis is obstruction, not absence — the knowledge is already there, only veiled.