Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]As the blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all karma to ashes.
BG 4.37
यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन । ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥
yathaidhāṃsi samiddho 'gnir bhasmasāt kurute 'rjuna | jñānāgniḥ sarva-karmāṇi bhasmasāt kurute tathā ||
"As fire reduces wood to ash, so jñānāgni burns all karmas completely to ash."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]As a blazing fire reduces wood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all karma to ashes.
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]As the kindled fire reduces wood to ashes, so the fire of wisdom reduces all actions to ashes.
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]As the kindled fire reduces wood to ash, O Arjuna, so does the fire of wisdom reduce all karma to ash.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]As the fire, which is well-kindled, reduces wood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all karma to ashes.