Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, Verse 16

ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः । तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम्

jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ | teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam

Translation

But to those whose unwisdom is destroyed by wisdom of the Self, like the sun wisdom illuminates that Supreme.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

jñānena

by wisdom

tu

indeed

tat

that

ajñānam

ignorance

yeṣām

of whom

nāśitam

(is) destroyed

ātmanaḥ

of the Self

teṣām

of them

ādityavat

sunlike

jñānam

wisdom

prakāśayati

shines forth

tat

that

param

highest

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

When that unwisdom by which the mortals are enveloped and deluded is destroyed by wisdom or discriminative knowledge of the Self, then, as the sun illuminates all objects, so wisdom illuminates the whole of the Knowable, the Supreme Reality.