यथाग्नि: सुसमृद्धार्चि: करोत्येधांसि भस्मसात् । तथा मद्विषया भक्तिरुद्धवैनांसि कृत्स्नश: ॥ १९ ॥
yathāgniḥ su-samṛddhārciḥ karoty edhāṁsi bhasmasāt tathā mad-viṣayā bhaktir uddhavaināṁsi kṛtsnaśaḥ
- yathā
- just as
- agniḥ
- fire
- su-samṛddha
- blazing
- arciḥ
- whose flames
- karoti
- turns
- edhāṁsi
- firewood
- bhasma-sāt
- into ashes
- tathā
- similarly
- mat-viṣayā
- with Me as the object
- bhaktiḥ
- devotion
- uddhava
- O Uddhava
- enāṁsi
- sins
- kṛtsnaśaḥ
- completely
My dear Uddhava, just as a blazing fire turns firewood into ashes, similarly, devotion unto Me completely burns to ashes sins committed by My devotees.