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यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः। भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात्।।3.13।।

yajña-śhiṣhṭāśhinaḥ santo muchyante sarva-kilbiṣhaiḥ bhuñjate te tvaghaṁ pāpā ye pachantyātma-kāraṇāt

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 13
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
The righteous who eat the remnants of the sacrifice are freed from all sins; but those sinful ones who cook food solely for their own sake indeed consume sin.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: those who eat the remains of an offering are freed from sin, but those who cook only for themselves eat sin itself, again the line is drawn at whether you gave anything first.

In life: even something as basic as a meal or a resource feels different depending on whether it was shared or hoarded.

Teaching: build the habit of offering or sharing something before consuming, even in small daily ways, it changes the character of the taking.

yajña-śhiṣhṭaof remnants of food offered in sacrifice
aśhinaḥeaters
santaḥsaintly persons
muchyanteare released
sarvaall kinds of
kilbiṣhaiḥfrom sins
bhuñjateenjoy
tethey
tubut
aghamsins
pāpāḥsinners
yewho
pachanticook (food)
ātma-kāraṇātfor their own sake

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
3.13 यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः who eat the remnants of the sacrifice? सन्तः the righteous? मुच्यन्ते are freed? सर्वकिल्बिषैः from all sins? भुञ्जते eat? ते those? तु indeed? अघम् sin? पापाः sinful ones? ये who? पचन्ति cook? आत्मकारणात् for their own sake.Commentary Those who? after performing the five great sacrifices? eat the remnants of the food are freed from all the sins committed by these five agents of insect slaughter? viz.? (1) the pestle and mortar? (2) the grinding stone? (3) the fireplace? (4) the place where the waterpot is kept? and (5) the broom. These are the five places where injury to life is daily committed. The sins are washed away by the performance of the five MahaYajnas or great sacrifices which every Dvija(twicorn or the people belonging to the first three castes in Hindu society? especially the Brahmin) ought to perform1. DevaYajna Offering sacrifices to the gods which will satisfy them?2. BrahmaYajna or RishiYajna Teaching and reciting the scriptures which will satisfy Brahman and the Rishis?3. PitriYajna Offering libations of water to ones ancestors which will satisfy the manes?4. NriYajna The feeding of the hungry and the guests? and?5. BhutaYajna The feeding of the subhuman species? such as animals? birds? etc.