यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन | ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ||४-३७||
yathaidhāṃsi samiddho.agnirbhasmasātkurute.arjuna . jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute tathā ||4-37||
- yathā
- just as
- edhāṁsi
- firewood
- samiddhaḥ
- blazing
- agniḥ
- fire
- bhasma-sāt
- ashes
- kurute
- turns
- arjuna
- O Arjuna
- jñāna-agniḥ
- the fire of knowledge
- sarva-karmāṇi
- all reactions to material activities
- bhasma-sāt
- to ashes
- kurute
- it turns
- tathā
- similarly
As a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material activities.