Bhagavad Gita · 4.19
॥
Devanāgarī
यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः ।
ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ |
jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṁ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṁ budhāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यस्यyasyaof whom
सर्वेsarveall
समारम्भाःsamārambhāḥundertakings, enterprises, actions
कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताःkāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥare free (varjitāḥ) from lust (kāma) and the striving for fruits (saṅkalpa)
ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणम्jñāna-agni-dagdha-karmāṇamhim whose karma (karma) has been burned (dagdha) in the fire (agni) of knowledge (jñāna)
तम्tamhim
आहुःāhuḥthey call
पण्डितम्paṇḍitama paṇḍita, a sage
बुधाःbudhāḥthe knowing ones, the enlightened
Translation
“One whose every undertaking is free from lust and the longing for fruits, whose karma has been completely burned in the fire of divine knowledge — such a person the enlightened sages call a paṇḍita.”
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