Bhagavad Gita BG 10.3
Chapter 10, Verse 3 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम् । असम्मूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥
yo mam ajam anadim ca vetti loka-maheshvaram asammudhah sa martyeshu sarva-papaih pramucyate
Meaning
Whoever knows Me as unborn (aja), without beginning (anadi), and the Supreme Lord of worlds — that one, undeluded among mortals, is freed from all sin.
Understanding
The three attributes of the Supreme that, when known, free from all sin: (1) Aja (unborn — no birth-event, no entry-point into time). (2) Anadi (without beginning — no temporal start). (3) Loka-maheshvara (Supreme Lord of all worlds). Whoever vetti (knows) Me with these three attributes — asammudhah (undeluded) sa martyeshu (among the mortals/humans) — pramucyate sarva-papaih — is freed from ALL sins. The knowledge of the Supreme's nature IS the liberation from sin.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| अजम् | ajam | unborn, without birth (a + ja = not born) |
| अनादिम् | anadim | without beginning (an + adi = without start) |
| लोकमहेश्वरम् | loka-maheshvaram | Supreme Lord of all worlds |
| असम्मूढः | asammudhah | undeluded, not confused |
| मर्त्येषु | martyeshu | among mortals, among the perishable |
| यः | yaḥ | whoever |
| माम् | mām | Me |
| अनादिम् | anādim | without beginning |
| च | ca | and |
| वेत्ति | vetti | knows |
| लोक-महेश्वरम् | loka-maheśvaram | the great lord of all worlds |
| असम्मूढः | asammūḍhaḥ | undeluded |
| सः | saḥ | he |
| मर्त्येषु | martyeṣu | among mortals |
| सर्व-पापैः | sarva-pāpaiḥ | from all sins |
| प्रमुच्यते | pramucyate | is liberated |