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4.38Krishna
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न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते ।तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति ॥

na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitram iha vidyate |tat svayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati ||

· na
not
हि · hi
indeed
सदृशम् · sadṛśam
equal
पवित्रम् · pavitram
purifier, pure thing
इह · iha
here
विद्यते · vidyate
exists
तत् · tat
that
स्वयम् · svayam
by oneself, of itself
कालेन · kālena
in time
विन्दति · vindati
finds, attains

Nothing here purifies like knowledge. One perfected in yoga finds it by oneself, in time, within the self.

Original plain-language translation

Knowledge is the supreme purifier — unsurpassed, not merely useful. Yet it ripens in time through yoga-practice; it cannot be forced, only matured into. Patience joins effort: the fruit appears within, on its own schedule.

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