Karma-Sannyāsa Yoga · Verse 17
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः | गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः
tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ | gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiṃ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ
Those whose intellect is in That, whose Self is in That, whose support is in That, whose supreme refuge is That, go to non-return, purified of impurity by knowledge.
Totality of dedication. Four aspects of unification: tad-buddhayaḥ — intellect in That; tad-ātmānaḥ — Self in That; tan-niṣṭhāḥ — support in That; tat-parāyaṇāḥ — supreme refuge in That.
Result: apunar-āvṛttim — non-return — to reincarnation. Jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ — purified of impurity by knowledge — indicates that knowledge is the purifying agent. There is no purification superior to knowledge.