Chapter 4, Verse 38
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate. tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati.4.38.
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- न
- not
- हि
- indeed
- ज्ञानेन
- with knowledge
- सदृशं
- equal/comparable
- पवित्रम्
- purifier
- इह
- here (in this world)
- विद्यते
- exists/is found
- तत्
- that (knowledge)
- स्वयं
- oneself/of its own accord
- योगसंसिद्धः
- one perfected in yoga
- कालेन
- in time/with time
- आत्मनि
- within oneself
- विन्दति
- finds/attains
Commentary
38. Verily, there exists here no purifier equal to wisdom. He who is perfected by Yoga finds it in time in himself by himself.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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न
हि
ज्ञानेन
सदृशं
पवित्रम्
इह
विद्यते
तत्
स्वयं
योगसंसिद्धः
कालेन
आत्मनि
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