Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

    Verse 37

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 37

    यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन। ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा।।4.37।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yathaidhānsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā

    Translation

    Just as a burning fire turns fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge turn all karmas to ashes.
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