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.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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