Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 160

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-4 Jñāna Vibhāga Yogaḥ

yathaidhāṃsi samiddho’gnir-bhasmāt kurute’rjuna | jñānāgniḥ sarva karmāṇi bhasmasāt kurute yathā || 37 || 37. Just as blazing fire turns fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge turn all Karma to ashes. na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitram iha vidyate | tat-svayaṃ yoga saṃsiddhiḥ kālenātmani vindati || 38 || 38. Verily, there is no purifier in this world equal to knowledge; one that is perfected in Karma Yoga discovers this (knowledge) spontaneously, in oneself in due time. Commentary Knowledge = Self-realisation, for the knowledge of the ātman destroys all evil. When one has reached perfection by the constant practice of Karma Yoga with awareness, in the manner previously taught, in due course, the wisdom concerning the ātman arises spontaneously.