न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते ।तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति ॥
na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitram iha vidyate |tat svayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati ||
- न · na
- not
- हि · hi
- indeed
- ज्ञानेन · jñānena
- with knowledge
- सदृशम् · sadṛśam
- equal
- पवित्रम् · pavitram
- purifier, pure thing
- इह · iha
- here
- विद्यते · vidyate
- exists
- तत् · tat
- that
- स्वयम् · svayam
- by oneself, of itself
- योगसंसिद्धः · yogasaṃsiddhaḥ
- perfected in yoga
- कालेन · kālena
- in time
- आत्मनि · ātmani
- within the self
- 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.
— Reader's notes (original)