Bg 4.19

TEXT 19

TEXT

यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः ।
ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ॥ १९ ॥

yasya sarve samarambhah

kama-saṅkalpa-varjitah

jnanagni-dagdha-karmanam

tam ahuh panditam budhah

yasya-one whose; sarve-all sorts of; samarambhah-in all attempts; kama-desire for sense gratification; saṅkalpa-determination; varjitah-are devoid of; jnana-of perfect knowledge; agni-fire; dagdha-being burnt by; karmanam-the performer; tam-him; ahuh-declare; panditam-learned; budhah-those who know.

TRANSLATION

One is understood to be in full knowledge whose every act is devoid of desire for sense gratification. He is said by sages to be a worker whose fruitive action is burned up by the fire of perfect knowledge.

Only a person in full knowledge can understand the activities of a person in Krsna consciousness. Because the person in Krsna consciousness is devoid of all kinds of sense-gratificatory propensities, it is to be understood that he has burned up the reactions of his work by perfect knowledge of his constitutional position as the eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is actually learned who has attained to such perfection of knowledge. Development of this knowledge of the eternal servitorship of the Lord is compared to fire. Such a fire, once kindled, can burn up all kinds of reactions to work.

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