Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]He whose undertakings are all free from desires and purposes, and whose actions have been burnt by the fire of knowledge — him do the wise call a sage.
BG 4.19
यस्य सर्वे समारम्भाः कामसङ्कल्पवर्जिताः । ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहुः पण्डितं बुधाः ॥
yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥ | jñānāgni-dagdha-karmāṇaṃ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṃ budhāḥ ||
"All actions free from desire and intention; karmas burned by jñāna's fire — the wise call this one paṇḍita."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]He whose undertakings are all devoid of desires and purposes, and whose actions have been burnt by the fire of knowledge — him the wise call a sage.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]He who has abandoned the desire for the results of his acts, is satisfied, independent, and not engaged in action even when engaged in action, is ever free.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]That man who, counting all things done by him, Loose from desire's clutch, his works are burnt By wisdom's fire; him call the Wise ones Sage.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]He whose undertakings are all free from desire and purpose, and whose works are burnt by the fire of knowledge — him the wise call a sage.