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Bhagavad Gita · 4.31 · Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action·31 of 42

यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम्।नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतो़ऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम ॥

yajña-śhiṣhṭāmṛita-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam

nāyaṁ loko ’styayajñasya kuto ’nyaḥ kuru-sattama

Sanskrit recitation

Every act can be sacred · 4.24–4.33 · Teaching

Translation

Those who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the eternal Brahman. This world is not for the one who does not perform sacrifice; how then can they have the other, O Arjuna?

Meaning

They go to the eternal Brahman in course of time after attaining the knowledge of the Self through purification of the mind by performing the above sacrifices. He who does not perform any of these is not fit even for this miserable world. How then can he hope to get a better world than this (Cf.III.13)

After Swami Sivananda

Every act can be sacred· 4.24–4.33→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
yajña-śhiṣhṭa amṛita-bhujaḥ
they partake of the nectarean remnants of sacrifice
yānti
go
brahma
the Absolute Truth
sanātanam
eternal
na
never
ayam
this
lokaḥ
planet
asti
is
ayajñasya
for one who performs no sacrifice
kutaḥ
how
anyaḥ
other (world)
kuru-sat-tama
best of the Kurus, Arjun

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