न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते | तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति ||४-३८||
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate . tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati ||4-38||
Chapter 4 · Verse 38
Jnana Yoga
ज्ञानयोग
In plain words
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.
Translation
4.38 For there is no purifier here eal to knowledge; he that is perfected in Karma Yoga finds this (knowledge) of his own accord in himself in due time.
Meaning
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.
Word by word
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.