Sanskrit · Devanagari
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882so the fire of knowledge reduces all actions to ashes. For there is in this world no means of sanctification like knowledge and that one perfected by devotion finds within one's self in time.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।4.38।। न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं तुल्यं पवित्रं पावनं शुद्धिकरम् इह विद्यते। तत् ज्ञानं स्वयमेव योगसंसिद्धः योगेन कर्मयोगेन समाधियोगेन च संसिद्धः संस्कृतः योग्यताम् आपन्नः सन् मुमुक्षुः कालेन महता आत्मनि विन्दति लभते इत्यर्थः।।येन एकान्तेन ज्ञानप्राप्तिः भवति स उपायः उपदिश्यते
1f54fe1e8632…Rāmānuja
4.38 Nothing here in this world purifies like this knowledge; for the knowledge of the self destroys all evil. He who has reached perfection by practising Karma Yoga in its form of knowledge daily in the manner taught, in due time, of his own accord, attaints it, i.e., knowledge concerning his own self. Sri Krsna expounds the same lucidly thus:
f40838863c79…Swami Sivananda
4.38 न not? हि verily? ज्ञानेन to wisdom? सदृशम् like? पवित्रम् pure? इह here (in this world)? विद्यते is? तत् that? स्वयम् oneself? योगसंसिद्धः perfected in Yoga? कालेन in time? आत्मनि in the Self? विन्दति finds.Commentary There exists no purifier eal to knowledge of the Self. He who has attained perfection by the constant practice of Karma Yoga and Dhyana Yoga (the Yoga of meditation) will? after a time? find the knowledge of the Self in himself.
8f6f2c646a20…These supplied texts come from the pinned VedicScriptures dataset under GPL-3.0 and await independent alignment review.