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He whose undertakings are all devoid of desires and (selfish) purposes and whose actions have been burnt by the fire of knowledge, him the wise call a sage.

One whose every undertaking is free from desire and selfish intent, whose actions are burnt up in the fire of knowledge, the wise call learned.

Krishna describes the truly learned person, the paṇḍita. Whatever such a person undertakes is free from kāma, desire, and saṅkalpa, the planning and scheming that serve desire. His actions are said to be burned in the fire of knowledge (jñāna). The image suggests that knowledge consumes the binding power of action, so that what remains no longer produces bondage. The verse recalls the second chapter's teaching on the person of steady wisdom and links learning not to books but to inner freedom.