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.— Swami AdidevanandaFeatured
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