4.36 अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः। सर्वं ज्ञानप्लवेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि
api ced
Word meanings
api—even;chet—if;asi—you are;pāpebhyaḥ—sinners;sarvebhyaḥ—of all;pāpa-kṛit-tamaḥ—most sinful;sarvam—all;jñāna-plavena—by the boat of divine knowledge;eva—certainly;vṛijinam—sin;santariṣhyasi—you shall cross over
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Even if you are the highest sinner among all sinners, you can cross over the ocean of all sins by the boat of knowledge.
Be thou the greatest of sinners, yet thou shalt cross over all sin by the ferryboat of wisdom.
Even if you be the most sinful of all sinners, you will cross over all sins by the boat of knowledge alone.
Even if you be the worst sinner among all sinners, still you will cross over all the wickedness with the raft of Knowledge alone.
Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt verily cross all sins by the raft of knowledge.
4.38 न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitram
Word meanings
na—not;hi—certainly;jñānena—with divine knowledge;sadṛiśham—like;pavitram—pure;iha—in this world;vidyate—exists;tat—that;svayam—oneself;yoga—practice of yog;sansiddhaḥ—he who has attained perfection;kālena—in course of time;ātmani—within the heart;vindati—finds
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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In this world, there exists no purifier comparable to knowledge. One who becomes perfect in Yoga finds this, of their own accord, in their Self in due course.
There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self.
For there is no purifier here equal to knowledge; he that is perfected in Karma Yoga finds this (knowledge) of his own accord in himself in due time.
Indeed, there is nothing purifying here comparable to Knowledge. One who has become perfected after a (long) time through yoga, realizes That by himself in his own heart.
Verily there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga finds it in the Self in time.
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.37 यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन। ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा
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Word meanings
yathā—as;edhānsi—firewood;samiddhaḥ—blazing;agniḥ—fire;bhasma-sāt—to ashes;kurute—turns;arjuna—Arjun;jñāna-agniḥ—the fire of knowledge;sarva-karmāṇi—all reactions from material activities;bhasma-sāt—to ashes;kurute—it turns;tathā—similarly
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Translation stream
Just as a fire that is well-inflamed reduces fuel to ashes, so too does the fire of knowledge reduce all actions to ashes.
As the kindled fire consumes the fuel, so, O Arjuna, in the flame of wisdom the embers of action are burnt to ashes.
Just as burning fire turns fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge turn all Karma to ashes.
O Arjuna, as a blazing fire reduces pieces of wood to ashes, similarly the fire of Knowledge reduces all actions to ashes.
As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all actions to ashes!
