Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 4.19

Sanskrit

यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः। ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः।।4.19।।

yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥ jñānāgni-dagdha-karmāṇaṁ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṁ budhāḥ

Meaning

True wisdom means acting without attachment to outcomes. Detach from personal desires; let knowledge guide your decisions, not ego or self-interest.

Translation

The wise call him learned whose actions are all devoid of desires and their thoughts, and whose actions have been burned away by the fire of wisdom.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: