Sanskrit
यो मामजमनादिं च वेत्ति लोकमहेश्वरम् । असम्मूढः स मर्त्येषु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥
yo mām ajam anādiṃ ca vetti lokamaheśvaram asammūḍhaḥ sa martyeṣu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Translation
He who knoweth Me, unborn, beginningless, the great Lord of the world, he among mortals without delusion, is liberated from all sin.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The practical payoff of verse 2’s metaphysics: knowing Krishna as the unborn, beginningless source liberates one from all sin. It’s knowledge (jñāna), not ritual observance or moral effort, doing the liberating work here — the same jnana-marga thread that runs alongside karma-yoga in the earlier chapters.