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Bhagavad Gita 4.38

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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