Chapter 4 • Verse 19

Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga

The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation

Sanskrit Verse

Yasya sarve samarambhah kama-sankalpa-varjitah, jnanagni-dagdha-karmanam tam ahuh panditam budhah

Translation & Meaning

The wise call that person a pandit (learned one) whose every undertaking is free from desire and personal motive, and whose actions are burned up by the fire of knowledge.

Key Teachings

  • True scholarship is measured by freedom from selfish desire
  • Knowledge as fire purifies the storehouse of karma
  • The enlightened person acts but leaves no karmic residue

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