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śreyān dravya-mayād yajñāj jñāna-yajñaḥ paran-tapa sarvaḿ karmākhilaḿ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.33 O chastiser of the enemy, the sacrifice performed in knowledge is better than the mere...

tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā upadekṣyanti te jñānaḿ jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.34 Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master Inquire from him submissively and...

yaj jñātvā na punar moham evaḿ yāsyasi pāṇḍava yena bhūtāny aśeṣāṇi drakṣyasy ātmany atho mayi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.35 Having obtained real knowledge from a self-realized soul, you will never fall again into such...

api ced asi pāpebhyaḥ sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ sarvaḿ jñāna-plavenaiva vṛjinaḿ santariṣyasi Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.36 Even if you are considered to be the most sinful of all sinners, when you are situated in the...

yathaidhāḿsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.37 As a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to...

na hi jñānena sadṛśaḿ pavitram iha vidyate tat svayaḿ yoga-saḿsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.38 In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is...

śraddhāvāḻ labhate jñānaḿ tat-paraḥ saḿyatendriyaḥ jñānaḿ labdhvā parāḿ śāntim acireṇādhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.39 A faithful man who is dedicated to transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is...

ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś ca saḿśayātmā vinaśyati nāyaḿ loko ’sti na paro na sukhaḿ saḿśayātmanaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.40 But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God...

yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaḿ jñāna-sañchinna-saḿśayam ātmavantaḿ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.41 One who acts in devotional service, renouncing the fruits of his actions, and whose doubts...

tasmād ajñāna-sambhūtaḿ hṛt-sthaḿ jñānāsinātmanaḥ chittvainaḿ saḿśayaḿ yogam ātiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhārata Translation of Bhagavad Gita 4.42 Therefore the doubts which have arisen in your heart out of ignorance should be...