api cedasi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ |sarvaṃ jñānaplavenaiva vṛjinaṃ santariṣyasi ||
Even if you are the worst wrongdoer of all wrongdoers, you will cross over all sin by the raft of knowledge alone.
Explanation
Krishna is encouraging Arjuna by saying that knowledge (jñāna) of the Self and the divine is so powerful that no past wrongdoing can block it. He compares knowledge to a raft that carries one across the ocean of sin or suffering (vṛjina). Advaita traditions take this knowledge as liberating self-realization, while devotional traditions stress knowledge joined with surrender to Krishna.