Sanskrit

यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ।

ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥

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Translittération

yathaidhāṃsi samiddho'gnirbhasmasātkurute'rjuna |

jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute tathā ||

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Traduction

As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all actions to ashes.

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Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Krishna gives another image. As a strong fire reduces fuel to ashes, so the fire of knowledge (jñāna) burns up all actions. What is burned here is the binding power of past action, the seeds of future results. Traditions often distinguish actions whose results have already begun to unfold from those still stored up; many hold that knowledge destroys the stored ones. The verse echoes the earlier image of actions burned in the fire of knowledge and confirms that understanding has real power over bondage.

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08