BG 4.37
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ।
ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥
ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥
yathaidhāṁsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna
jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā
jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā
Word-for-word meanings
arjuna — O Arjuna; yathā — just as; samiddhaḥ — a blazing; agniḥ — fire; kurute — turns; edhāṁsi — firewood; bhasma-sāt — into ashes; tathā — similarly; jñāna-agniḥ — the fire of wisdom; kurute — turns; sarva-karmāṇi — all actions; bhasma-sāt — to ashes.
Translation
O Arjuna, just as a blazing fire turns wood into ashes, so the fire of wisdom reduces all actions to ashes.