Chapter 4: The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
Verse 4:37

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

Much like a blazing fire reduces firewood to ashes, the radiance of spiritual enlightenment consumes {the rebirth-causing potency of} all human acts. (4:37)

Commentary

Just as a seed loses its potential to sprout when seared in fire, similarly, actions performed by a spiritually enlightened mind, free from attachment to results, yield no consequences that could bind them to rebirth.

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ।

ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥ 4:37 ॥

Word Separation

यथा एधांसि समिद्धः, अग्निः भस्मसात् कुरुते, अर्जुन!

ज्ञान-अग्निः सर्व-कर्माणि भस्मसात् कुरुते तथा।

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