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Verse 4·37

Knowledge purifies like fire burns all fuel

TopicsJñāna Yoga — Path of KnowledgeTeaching arc · Knowledge as Sacrifice

Verse

यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर् भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ।ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥

As a fire kindled turns to ashes its fuel, O Arjuna, so the fire of knowledge turns all works to ashes.

Gītā 4·37

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in