Yathaidhamsi samiddho 'gnir bhasmasat kurute 'rjuna, jnanagnih sarva-karmani bhasmasat kurute tatha
As a blazing fire turns wood to ashes, O Arjuna, so the fire of knowledge burns all karmic reactions to ashes.
- •Knowledge is the most powerful purifier
- •All past karma is dissolved by the flame of jnana
- •This simile shows the completeness of knowledge's transforming power