4.38
Chapter 4, Verse 38
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति৷৷
na hi jñānēna sadṛśaṅ pavitramiha vidyatē. tatsvayaṅ yōgasaṅsiddhaḥ kālēnātmani vindati৷৷
Translation
There is nothing in the world so purifying as wisdom; and he who is a perfect saint finds that at last in his own Self.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
न not, हि verily, ज्ञानेन to wisdom, सदृशम् like, पवित्रम् pure, इह here (in this world), विद्यते is, तत् that, स्वयम् oneself, योगसंसिद्धः perfected in Yoga, कालेन in time, आत्मनि in the Self, विन्दति finds. Commentary: 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.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.