Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 32
Chapter 4
Verse 33 of 42
Verse 34
Verse 4.33
श्रेयान्द्रव्यमयाद्यज्ञाज्ज्ञानयज्ञः परन्तप। सर्वं कर्माखिलं पार्थ ज्ञाने परिसमाप्यते ॥4.33॥
4.33 śreyān dravyamayād yajñāj jñānayajñaḥ paraṃtapa sarvaṃ karmākhilaṃ pārtha jñāne parisamāpyate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Better than the sacrifice (yajña) made of material objects is the sacrifice of knowledge (jñānayajña), O Scorcher of foes (Parantapa); All action (karma) in its entirety, O son of Pritha (Pārtha), is culminated in knowledge (jñāna).

Stoller MillerLiterary

Sacrifice in knowledge is better than sacrifice with material objects; the totality of all action culminates in knowledge, Arjuna,

ZaehnerJesuit

(33) Better than the sacrifice of wealth is the sacrifice of wisdom. All works without exception in wisdom find their consummation.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

4.33 O destroyer of enemies, Knowledge considered as a sacrifice is greater than sacrifices requiring materials. O son of Pṛthā, all actions in their totality culminate in Knowledge.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

4.33 The sacrifice of knowledge is superior to materials sacrifice. O Arjuna, all actions and everything else culminate in knowledge.

SivanandaVedanta

4.33 Superior is wisdom-sacrifice to the sacrifice with objects, O Paraṃtapa (scorcher of the foes). All actions in their entirely, O Arjuna, culminate in knowledge.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 32
Chapter 4
Verse 33 of 42
Verse 34