Bhagavad Gita 4.37
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन। ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा॥
yathaidhānsi samiddho ’gnir bhasma-sāt kurute ’rjuna jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasma-sāt kurute tathā
Translation
As the burning fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so doth the fire of wisdom reduce all actions to ashes.
What it means
As a blazing fire turns fuel to ashes, the fire of knowledge turns all karma to ashes. Sastri qualifies: the karma already bearing fruit (prarabdha) must still be lived out; knowledge burns the rest. It does not negotiate with the past.
Try this today
Understanding does not manage the residue of the past; it incinerates it.
Something to reflect on
What past residue am I trying to manage that understanding would simply burn?
Read it in Yathora