Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 - JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 36

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Supremacy of Knowledge 34-39

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 36

Api chedasi papebhyah sarvebhyah papa kruttamah I

Sarvam gyan plavena eva vrijinam samtarishyasi II sloka 36

अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पाप कृत्तमः ।

सर्वं ज्ञान प्लवेन एव वृज्जिनं  संतरिष्यसि ।। श्लोक ३६ 

Sin and virtue are the obverse and reverse of the same fact which is karma. According to he use made of it, the sam,e karma presents itself as sin or virtue. The ignorant do karma so as to get entangled in it as sin. The enlightened do the same karma to reap the merit  and also to be emancipated from it. Knowledge therefore is he only means to absolve all sin. As the unfordable river is crossed over by a raft, the meshes of karma are got over by knowledge.

How jnana can do away with karma is explained in the next sloka