यथाग्निना हेम मलं जहाति ध्मातं पुन: स्वं भजते च रूपम् । आत्मा च कर्मानुशयं विधूय मद्भक्तियोगेन भजत्यथो माम् ॥ २५ ॥
yathāgninā hema malaṁ jahāti dhmātaṁ punaḥ svaṁ bhajate ca rūpam ātmā ca karmānuśayaṁ vidhūya mad-bhakti-yogena bhajaty atho mām
- yathā
- just as
- agninā
- by fire
- hema
- gold
- malam
- impurities
- jahāti
- gives up
- dhmātam
- smelted
- punaḥ
- again
- svam
- its own
- bhajate
- enters
- ca
- also
- rūpam
- form
- ātmā
- the spirit soul or consciousness
- ca
- also
- karma
- of fruitive activities
- anuśayam
- the resultant contamination
- vidhūya
- removing
- mat-bhakti-yogena
- by loving service to Me
- bhajati
- worships
- atho
- thus
- mām
- Me
Just as gold, when smelted in fire, gives up its impurities and returns to its pure brilliant state, similarly, the spirit soul, absorbed in the fire of bhakti-yoga, is purified of all contamination caused by previous fruitive activities and returns to its original position of serving Me in the spiritual world.