Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

    Verse 38

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 38

    न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    na hi jñānena sadṛiśhaṁ pavitramiha vidyate tatsvayaṁ yogasansiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati

    Translation

    For there is no purifier equal to knowledge; he who is perfected in Karma Yoga finds this knowledge of his own accord in himself in due time.
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