Gita : Ch-4. Slo-37.
( Very important slokam ) Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-4. ( Jnana-karma-sanyasa-yogam ) Slokam-37. ( As the blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material activities ) yathaidhamsi samiddhognihbhasmasatkuruterjuna, jnanagnih sarvakarmani bhasmasatkurute tatha. samiddhah agniah = blazing fire; edhamsi = burns firewood; yatha bhasmasat kurute = just turns into ashes; tatha jnanagnih Arjuna = similarly, Arjuna the fire of knowledge; sarvakarmani = all reactions to material activities; bhasmasat kurute = it so does into ashes. Lord Krishna uses this illustration citing the complete eradication of all sins and their destruction to further emphasise the potency of spiritual knowledge....