BG 4.39

श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः ।
ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥
śraddhāvāṁl labhate jñānaṁ tat-paraḥ saṁyatendriyaḥ
jñānaṁ labdhvā parāṁ śāntim acireṇādhigacchati

Word-for-word meanings

śraddhāvān* — one who is endowed with faith;  tat-paraḥ — who is singularly devoted to that [i.e., niṣkāma-karma];  indriyaḥ — [and] whose senses;  saṁyata — are fully regulated;  labhate — attains;  jñānam — wisdom;  labdhvā — [and] on the attainment;  jñānam — [of such] wisdom;  acireṇa — [that person] immediately;  adhigacchati — obtains;  parām — supreme;  śāntim — peace.

Translation

One who is endowed with faith, who is singularly devoted to this practice [of niṣkāma-karma], and whose senses are fully regulated, attains wisdom; and on the realization of such wisdom, that person immediately obtains supreme peace.

Notes

* When a word, such as śraddhāvān, ending with “n” is followed by a word with an initial “l,” the final “n” is replaced with an anunāsika (i.e., nasal) “l.” This rare anunāsika form is represented in the transliteration as “ṁl” (anusvāra + “l”). See also 18.17 and 18.71.

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