BG 5.16

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः ।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥
jñānena tu tad ajñānaṁ yeṣāṁ nāśitam ātmanaḥ
teṣām āditya-vaj jñānaṁ prakāśayati tat param

Word-for-word meanings

tu — but;  yeṣām — those for whom;  tat — such;  ajñānam — ignorance;  nāśitam — has been dispelled;  jñānena — by immediate awareness;  ātmanaḥ — of the self;  teṣām — their;  jñānam — awareness;  prakāśayati — reveals;  tat param — the Supreme Transcendent;  āditya-vat — just as the sun [illuminates the world].

Translation

But those for whom such ignorance has been dispelled by immediate awareness of the self — their awareness reveals the Supreme Transcendent, just as the sun illuminates the world.

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