TEXT 16

Devanagari

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मन: ।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥ १६ ॥

Text

Tekst

jñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ
yeṣāṁ nāśitam ātmanaḥ
teṣām āditya-vaj jñānaṁ
prakāśayati tat param

Synonyms

jñānena — by knowledge; tu — but; tat — that; ajñānam — nescience; yeṣām — whose; nāśitam — is destroyed; ātmanaḥ — of the living entity; teṣām — their; āditya-vat — like the rising sun; jñānam — knowledge; prakāśayati — discloses; tat param — Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

jñānena — gennem viden; tu — men; tat — den; ajñānam — uvidenhed; yeṣām — de, hvis; nāśitam — ødelægges; ātmanaḥ — om det levende væsen; teṣām — deres; āditya-vat — som den opstigende sol; jñānam — viden; prakāśayati — afslører; tat param — Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed.

Translation

When, however, one is enlightened with the knowledge by which nescience is destroyed, then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun lights up everything in the daytime.

Når man imidlertid er blevet oplyst af den viden, gennem hvilken uvidenheden tilintetgøres, afslører denne viden alt, ligesom sollyset oplyser alt i dagtimerne.

Purport

Those who have forgotten Kṛṣṇa must certainly be bewildered, but those who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are not bewildered at all. It is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, sarvaṁ jñāna-plavena, jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi and na hi jñānena sadṛśam. Knowledge is always highly esteemed. And what is that knowledge? Perfect knowledge is achieved when one surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa, as is said in the Seventh Chapter, nineteenth verse: bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate. After passing through many, many births, when one perfect in knowledge surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa, or when one attains Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then everything is revealed to him, as everything is revealed by the sun in the daytime. The living entity is bewildered in so many ways. For instance, when he unceremoniously thinks himself God, he actually falls into the last snare of nescience. If a living entity is God, then how can he become bewildered by nescience? Does God become bewildered by nescience? If so, then nescience, or Satan, is greater than God. Real knowledge can be obtained from a person who is in perfect Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore, one has to seek out such a bona fide spiritual master and, under him, learn what Kṛṣṇa consciousness is, for Kṛṣṇa consciousness will certainly drive away all nescience, as the sun drives away darkness. Even though a person may be in full knowledge that he is not this body but is transcendental to the body, he still may not be able to discriminate between the soul and the Supersoul. However, he can know everything well if he cares to take shelter of the perfect, bona fide Kṛṣṇa conscious spiritual master. One can know God and one’s relationship with God only when one actually meets a representative of God. A representative of God never claims that he is God, although he is paid all the respect ordinarily paid to God because he has knowledge of God. One has to learn the distinction between God and the living entity. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa therefore stated in the Second Chapter (2.12) that every living being is individual and that the Lord also is individual. They were all individuals in the past, they are individuals at present, and they will continue to be individuals in the future, even after liberation. At night we see everything as one in the darkness, but in day, when the sun is up, we see everything in its real identity. Identity with individuality in spiritual life is real knowledge.

FORKLARING: De, der har glemt Kṛṣṇa, er helt sikkert forvildede, men de, der er i Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed, er slet ikke forvildede. Der står i Bhagavad-gītā, sarvaṁ jñāna-plavena (4.36), jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi (4.37) og na hi jñānena sadṛśam (4.38). Viden er altid i høj kurs. Og hvad er det for en viden? Perfekt viden kan fås, når man overgiver sig til Kṛṣṇa, som det bekræftes i kapitel 7, vers 19: bahūnāṁ janmanām ante, jñānavān māṁ prapadyate. Når den, der er fuldkommen i viden, efter mange, mange liv overgiver sig til Kṛṣṇa, eller når man er blevet Kṛṣṇa- bevidst, bliver alting afsløret for én, ligesom alt afsløres af Solen om dagen. Det levende væsen er forvildet på mange forskellige måder. Når man for eksempel helt ubændigt anser sig selv for at være Gud, bliver man i virkeligheden fanget i uvidenhedens sidste fælde. Hvis et levende væsen er Gud, hvordan kan det så blive forvirret af uvidenhed? Bliver Gud forvirret af uvidenhed? I så fald er uvidenhed eller Satan mægtigere end Gud. Virkelig kundskab kan fås fra en person, der er i fuldkommen Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed. Man må derfor opsøge en sådan ægte åndelig mester og under hans vejledning lære, hvad Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed er, for Kṛṣṇa-bevidsthed vil afgjort forjage al uvidenhed, nøjagtig ligesom Solen bortjager mørket. Selv om man eventuelt er helt klar over, at man ikke er denne krop, men er transcendental til kroppen, kan man måske stadig ikke skelne mellem sjælen og Oversjælen. Man kan imidlertid forstå det hele, hvis man søger tilflugt hos den fuldkomne og ægte Kṛṣṇa-bevidste åndelige mester. Det er kun, når man virkelig møder en repræsentant for Gud, at man kan kende Gud og sit forhold til Ham. Guds repræsentant hævder aldrig, at han er Gud, skønt han bliver vist al den respekt, der normalt er forbeholdt Gud, fordi han har viden om Gud. Man må lære at kende forskellen på Gud og det levende væsen. Herren Śrī Kṛṣṇa fastslog derfor i kapitel 2, at hvert eneste levende væsen er en individuel person, og at Herren også er en individuel person. De var alle individuelle personer i fortiden, de er individuelle personer nu, og de vil blive ved med at være individuelle personer i fremtiden, selv efter at de er blevet befriet. Om natten ser vi alt som ét i mørket, men om dagen, når Solen er oppe, kan man se alt i dets rette lys. Identitet med individuel personlighed i åndeligt liv er virkelig kundskab.