Bhagavad Gita · 4.37
॥
Devanāgarī
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ।
ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yathaidhāṁsi samiddho 'gnir bhasmasāt kurute 'rjuna |
jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasāt kurute tathā ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यथाyathājust as
एधांसिedhāṁsifirewood
समिद्धःsamiddhaḥblazing, brightly burning
अग्निःagniḥfire
भस्मसात्bhasmasātto ashes
कुरुतेkurutehe turns
अर्जुनarjunaO Arjuna!
ज्ञानाग्निःjñāna-agniḥthe fire (agniḥ) of knowledge (jñāna)
सर्वकर्माणिsarva-karmāṇiall kinds of karma, all consequences of activity
भस्मसात् कुरुतेbhasmasāt kuruteturns to ashes
तथाtathāso too
Translation
“O Arjuna, just as a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, so too the fire of divine knowledge burns to ashes all the consequences of material activity.”
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