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यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन | ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ||३७||
yathaidhāṁsi samiddho'gnir bhasma-sāt kurute'rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā
Translation
As a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material activities.
Interpretation
The fire of knowledge is the most powerful purifying force. Just as a blazing fire reduces all wood to ash — completely, leaving nothing — the fire of jnana reduces all accumulated karma to nothing. Not suppressed, not deferred — destroyed. This is the power of genuine spiritual awakening.