4.37 यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन। ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा
yatha
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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
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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!
4.39 श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः। ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति
śraddhāvām̐l
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śhraddhā-vān—a faithful person;labhate—achieves;jñānam—divine knowledge;tat-paraḥ—devoted (to that);sanyata—controlled;indriyaḥ—senses;jñānam—transcendental knowledge;labdhvā—having achieved;parām—supreme;śhāntim—peace;achireṇa—without delay;adhigachchhati—attains
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He who has faith gains knowledge, if he is solely intent upon it and has his sense-organs well-controlled. Having gained the knowledge, he soon attains the Supreme Peace.
He who is full of faith attains wisdom, and he too who can control his senses, having attained that wisdom, he shall ere long attain Supreme Peace.
He who has faith, who is intent on it, and who has mastered his senses, attains knowledge. Having attained knowledge, he goes soon to supreme peace.
The man who has faith, is diligent and has control over the organs, attains Knowledge. Achieving Knowledge, one soon attains supreme Peace.
The man who is full of faith, who is devoted to it, and who has subdued all the senses, obtains (this) knowledge; and, having obtained the knowledge, he goes at once to the supreme peace.
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.38 न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति
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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.
