Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 10

वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया मामुपाश्रिताः । बहवो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः

vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ | bahavo jñānatapasā pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ

Translation

Free from passion, fear and anger, absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, purified by the fire (tapas) of wisdom, many have reached My being.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

vītarāgabhayakrodhāḥ

gone, desire, and, fear, and, anger, and, whose, they

manmayāḥ

full of me

mām

to me

upāśritāḥ

resorting

bahavaḥ

many

jñānatapasā

of wisdom, by the austerity

pūtāḥ

purified

madbhāvam

(to) my being

āgatāḥ

(have) come

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Absorbed in Me: knowing Brahman, i.e., seeing their identity with Īśvara. Taking refuge in Me, Parameśvara, the Supreme Lord, i.e., firmly devoted to wisdom only. Jñāna-tapas: religious austerity (tapas) in the form of jñāna or knowledge of the Highest Self, Paramātman. This compound indicates that Devotion to knowledge is quite independent of all other austerities (tapases). Having attained to highest purity by means of this fire of austerity, many have attained mokṣa.