Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 4.37

यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ज्ञानाग्नि: सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा

yathaidhānsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā

Recitation · Text 4.37
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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The fire image returns and is made exact: as a blazing fire reduces firewood to ashes, so the fire of knowledge reduces all karmic reactions to ashes. What burns is the residue actions leave, not the capacity to act.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:What burns is the residue actions leave behind — not the capacity to act.