Adhyāya 4Ch 4•Verse 37
"As a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjun..."
Adhyāya 4 • Shloka 37
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन | ज्ञानाग्नि: सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा || ३७ ||
yathaidhāṃsi samiddho 'gnir bhasma-sāt kurute 'rjuna | jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā || 37 ||
"As a blazing fire turns firewood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material activities."