यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः | ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ||४-१९||
yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ . jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṃ tamāhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ budhāḥ ||4-19||
Chapter 4 · Verse 19
Jnana Yoga
ज्ञानयोग
In plain words
A sage performs actions only with a view to set an example to the masses. Though he works he does nothing as he has no selfish interests as his actions are burnt by the fire of wisdom which consists in the realisaion of inaction in action through the knowledge of the Self or BrahmaJnana. BrahmaJnana is a mighty spiritual fire which consumes the results of all kinds of actions (Karmas) good and bad and makes the enlightened sage ite free from the bonds of action.
Translation
4.19 He whose every undertaking is free from desire and delusive identification (of the body with the self), whose actions are burnt up in the fire of knowledge - him the wise describe as a sage.
Meaning
A sage performs actions only with a view to set an example to the masses. Though he works he does nothing as he has no selfish interests as his actions are burnt by the fire of wisdom which consists in the realisaion of inaction in action through the knowledge of the Self or BrahmaJnana. BrahmaJnana is a mighty spiritual fire which consumes the results of all kinds of actions (Karmas) good and bad and makes the enlightened sage ite free from the bonds of action. The sage who leads a life of perfect renunciation does only what is reired for the bare existence of his body. (Cf. III.19IV.10IV.37).
Word by word
यस्य whose सर्वे all समारम्भाः undertakings कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः devoid of desires and purposes ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणम् whose actions have been burnt by the fire of knowledge तम् him आहुः call पण्डितम् a sage बुधाः the wise.