यस्य सर्वॆ समारम्भाः काम-सन्कल्प-वर्जिताः ।
ज्ञानाग्नि-दग्ध-कर्माणां तम् आहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ॥ ४.१९ ॥
ಯಸ್ಯ ಸರ್ವೇ ಸಮಾರಂಭಾಃ ಕಾಮ-ಸಂಕಲ್ಪ-ವರ್ಜಿತಾಃ |
ಜ್ಞಾನಾಗ್ನಿ-ದಗ್ಧ-ಕರ್ಮಾಣಾಂ ತಮ್ ಆಹುಃ ಪಂಡಿತಂ ಬುಧಾಃ || ೪.೧೯ ||
yasya sarvE samAraMbhAH kAma-saMkalpa-varjitAH |
j~jAnAgni-dagdha-karmANAM tam AhuH paMDitaM budhAH || 4.19 ||
He whose activities are all begun without the desire of fruits, and without anticipation of achieving any particular purpose, he whose karma is burnt up by the fire of knowledge that Lord alone is the absolute doer, the wise declare him as a “sage”.