Bhagavad Gita

ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग (Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga), Verse 38

न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते ।

तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति ।।4.38।।

IAST Transliteration

na hi jñānena sadṛiśhaṁ pavitramiha vidyate

tatsvayaṁ yogasansiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati

Word-by-Word Anvaya (14 Words)

Padartha breakdown
na#1
not
hi#2
certainly
jñānena#3
with divine knowledge
sadṛiśham#4
like
pavitram#5
pure
iha#6
in this world
vidyate#7
exists
tat#8
that
svayam#9
oneself
yoga#10
practice of yog
sansiddhaḥ#11
he who has attained perfection
kālena#12
in course of time
ātmani#13
wihtin the heart
vindati#14
finds
TRANSLATION LANGUAGE:
Translations (english)
Swami Adidevananda

"For there is no purifier equal to knowledge; he who is perfected in Karma Yoga finds this knowledge of his own accord in himself in due time."

Swami Gambirananda

"Indeed, there is nothing purifying here comparable to Knowledge. One who has become perfected over time through yoga, realizes That in their own heart."

Swami Sivananda

"Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga finds it within the Self in due time."

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

"In this world, there exists no purifier comparable to knowledge. One who becomes perfect in Yoga finds this, of their own accord, in their Self in due course."

Shri Purohit Swami

"There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last within himself."

Classical Commentaries (english)
Swami Sivananda

"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."