यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः ।ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ॥
yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ |jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇaṃ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ budhāḥ ||
- यस्य · yasya
- whose
- सर्वे · sarve
- all
- समारम्भाः · samārambhāḥ
- undertakings
- कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः · kāmasaṅkalpavarjitāḥ
- free from craving and scheming
- ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणम् · jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇam
- whose actions are burnt in the fire of knowledge
- तम् · tam
- him
- आहुः · āhuḥ
- they call
- पण्डितम् · paṇḍitam
- learned, wise
- बुधाः · budhāḥ
- the discerning
“One whose every undertaking is free from craving and scheming, whose actions are burnt in the fire of knowledge — the discerning call such a one wise.”
— Original plain-language translation
Pandit is redefined: not the scholar but the desire-free doer. Knowledge-fire incinerates the binding seed of acts while the acts themselves continue. Verse 37 will return to this exact image of all actions turned to ash.
— Reader's notes (original)