TEXT 36

Devanagari

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः ।
सर्वं ज्ञानप्ल‍वेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥ ३६ ॥

Text

Tekst

api ced asi pāpebhyaḥ
sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ
sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva
vṛjinaṁ santariṣyasi

Synonyms

api — even; cet — if; asi — you are; pāpebhyaḥ — of sinners; sarvebhyaḥ — of all; pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ — the greatest sinner; sarvam — all such sinful reactions; jñāna-plavena — by the boat of transcendental knowledge; eva — certainly; vṛjinam — the ocean of miseries; santariṣyasi — you will cross completely.

api — selv; cet — hvis; asi — du er; pāpebhyaḥ — blandt syndere; sarvebhyaḥ — af alle; pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ — den største synder; sarvam — alle sådanne syndige reaktioner; jñāna-plavena — med den transcendentale videns båd; eva — afgjort; vṛjinam — lidelsernes ocean; santariṣyasi — du vil krydse helt over.

Translation

Even if you are considered to be the most sinful of all sinners, when you are situated in the boat of transcendental knowledge you will be able to cross over the ocean of miseries.

Selv hvis du anses for at være den syndigste af alle syndere, vil du kunne krydse over lidelsernes ocean, når du befinder dig i den transcendentale videns båd.

Purport

Proper understanding of one’s constitutional position in relationship to Kṛṣṇa is so nice that it can at once lift one from the struggle for existence which goes on in the ocean of nescience. This material world is sometimes regarded as an ocean of nescience and sometimes as a blazing forest. In the ocean, however expert a swimmer one may be, the struggle for existence is very severe. If someone comes forward and lifts the struggling swimmer from the ocean, he is the greatest savior. Perfect knowledge, received from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the path of liberation. The boat of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is very simple, but at the same time the most sublime.

FORKLARING: Korrekt forståelse af ens naturlige position i forhold til Kṛṣṇa er så forunderlig en ting, at den med det samme kan løfte én ud af den kamp for tilværelsen, der foregår i uvidenhedens ocean. Denne materielle verden sammenlignes somme tider med et hav af uvidenhed og somme tider med en skov i brand. I havet er kampen for overlevelse meget hård, uanset hvor dygtig en svømmer man er. Hvis nogen kommer og løfter den kæmpende svømmer op af havet, er vedkommende den største frelser. Vejen til befrielse er at modtage fuldendt viden fra Guddommens Højeste Personlighed. Den Kṛṣṇa-bevidste båd er meget enkel, men samtidig den mest ophøjede.