Chapter 4, Verse 37
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन। ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा।।4.37।।
yathaidhāṃsi samiddho'gnirbhasmasātkurute'rjuna. jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute tathā.4.37.
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- यथा
- just as
- एधांसि
- firewood (accusative plural)
- समिद्धः
- kindled, blazing
- अग्निः
- fire
- भस्मसात् कुरुते
- reduces to ashes
- अर्जुन
- O Arjuna
- ज्ञान-अग्निः
- the fire of knowledge
- सर्व-कर्माणि
- all actions
- भस्मसात् कुरुते
- reduces to ashes
- तथा
- in the same way
Commentary
3?. As kindled fire reduces fuel to ashes, 0 Arjuna, so does wisdom-fire reduce all actions to ashes.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यथा
एधांसि
समिद्धः
अग्निः
भस्मसात् कुरुते
अर्जुन
ज्ञान-अग्निः
सर्व-कर्माणि
भस्मसात् कुरुते
तथा
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