Chapter 4 Overview
Verse 4.38
न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते। तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति।।4.38।।
na hi jñānena sadṛiśhaṁ pavitramiha vidyate tatsvayaṁ yogasansiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 4, Verse 38
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga finds it within the Self in due time.
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: there is nothing in this world as purifying as knowledge, one who is perfected in yoga finds it within themselves in time, in due course, naming knowledge the highest purifier and reassuring that it develops with practice, not instantly.
In life: real clarity about yourself and your life doesn't usually arrive all at once, it tends to accumulate gradually through sustained practice.
Teaching: be patient with your own gradual progress toward clarity, this verse specifically frames it as something found in due course, not on demand.
nanot
hicertainly
jñānenawith divine knowledge
sadṛiśhamlike
pavitrampure
ihain this world
vidyateexists
tatthat
svayamoneself
yogapractice of yog
sansiddhaḥhe who has attained perfection
kālenain course of time
ātmaniwihtin the heart
vindatifinds
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
4.38 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.