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ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः। तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्।।

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

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 (reveals) tat param (everything in Kṛṣṇa consciousness)

However, when 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.

Kṛṣṇa describes the dawn of enlightenment. For those whose ignorance is destroyed by spiritual knowledge, that knowledge reveals everything, just as the sun lights up the world in the daytime. Knowledge is not just a collection of facts; it is a source of illumination. When the sun rises, you don’t need to be told where the road is or where the trees are; they become self-evident. Similarly, when the light of ‘I am spirit’ rises in the heart, the relationship between the Soul, the World, and God becomes perfectly clear. You don’t have to struggle to ‘find’ the truth; the truth finds you. Kṛṣṇa is encouraging Arjuna to seek this internal sunrise. Once he sees the situation from the platform of the soul, all his confusing doubts about family and duty will evaporate like mist. He won’t need to ask “what is right?” because the right path will be glowing brightly before him.