BG - 4.19

यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः। ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः।।4.19।।

yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥ jñānāgni-dagdha-karmāṇaṁ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṁ budhāḥ

• yasya - whose
• sarve - every
• samārambhāḥ - undertakings
• kāma - desire for material pleasures
• saṅkalpa - resolve
• varjitāḥ - devoid of
• jñāna - divine knowledge
• agni - in the fire
• dagdha - burnt
• karmāṇam - actions
• tam - him
• āhuḥ - address
• paṇḍitam - a sage
• budhāḥ - the wise

Translation

He whose undertakings are all devoid of desires and selfish purposes, and whose actions have been burned by the fire of knowledge, the wise call him a sage.

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