Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 38

न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते । तत्स्वयं योगसंसिद्धः कालेनात्मनि विन्दति

na hi jñānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate | tatsvayaṃ yogasaṃsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati

Translation

Verily, there exists here no purifier equal to wisdom. He who is perfected by Yoga finds it in time in himself by himself.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

na hi

not (verily)

jñānena

by (to) wisdom

sadṛśam

similar

pavitram

purifier

iha

here

vidyate

is

tat

that

svayam

itself

yogasaṃsiddhaḥ

in yoga, perfected

kālena

by (in) time

ātmani

in the self

vindati

finds

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The seeker of mokṣa who has perfected and regenerated himself by Yoga — by Karma-Yoga and by Samādhi-Yoga — will after a long practice himself find spiritual wisdom in himself.