Chapter 14
यथाग्निना हेम मलं जहाति ध्मातं पुन: स्वं भजते च रूपम् । आत्मा च कर्मानुशयं विधूय मद्भक्तियोगेन भजत्यथो माम् ॥ २५ ॥
Transliteration
yathāgninā hema malaṁ jahāti dhmātaṁ punaḥ svaṁ bhajate ca rūpam ātmā ca karmānuśayaṁ vidhūya mad-bhakti-yogena bhajaty atho mām
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
yathā — just as; agninā — by fire; hema — gold; malam — impurities; jahāti — gives up; dhmātam — smelted; punaḥ — again; svam — its own; bhajate — enters; ca — also; rūpam — form; ātmā — the spirit soul or consciousness; ca — also; karma — of fruitive activities; anuśayam — the resultant contamination; vidhūya — removing; mat-bhakti-yogena — by loving service to Me; bhajati — worships; atho — thus; mām — Me.
Translation
“Just as gold, when smelted in fire, gives up its impurities and returns to its pure brilliant state, similarly, the spirit soul, absorbed in the fire of bhakti-yoga, is purified of all contamination caused by previous fruitive activities and returns to its original position of serving Me in the spiritual world.”