Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 37
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 4 श्लोक 37

यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन।
ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा।।4.37।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
4.37. Just as the fire, well inflamed, reduces the fuels to ashes, so also the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
4.36-37 Api cet etc.  Yatha etc. The idea is this :  One should exert is such a way so that the fire of  knowledge remains well fuelled with the  knot of  firmness of conviction born of practice.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 4.37Yathaidhaamsi samiddho’gnir bhasmasaat kurute’rjuna;
Jnaanaagnih sarvakarmaani bhasmasaat kurute tathaa.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 4.37yathā—as; edhānsi—firewood; samiddhaḥ—blazing; agniḥ—fire; bhasma-sāt—to ashes; kurute—turns; arjuna—Arjun; jñāna-agniḥ—the fire of knowledge; sarva-karmāṇi—all reactions from material activities; bhasma-sāt—to ashes; kurute—it turns; tathā—similarly