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यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम्। नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतो़ऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम।।4.31।।

yajña-śhiṣhṭāmṛita-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam nāyaṁ loko ’styayajñasya kuto ’nyaḥ kuru-sattama

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 4, Verse 31
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
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?

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: without sacrifice, this world is not for one who has not sacrificed, let alone the next, meaning a life organized purely around personal taking, without any offering, doesn't even satisfy this world properly.

In life: a life entirely organized around consumption and self-interest tends to feel unsatisfying even by its own standards, not just by some external moral measure.

Teaching: notice if pure self-interest, even when successful, still leaves you feeling like something is missing, that gap is often exactly what unbalanced taking creates.

yajña-śhiṣhṭa amṛita-bhujaḥthey partake of the nectarean remnants of sacrifice
yāntigo
brahmathe Absolute Truth
sanātanameternal
nanever
ayamthis
lokaḥplanet
astiis
ayajñasyafor one who performs no sacrifice
kutaḥhow
anyaḥother (world)
kuru-sat-tamabest of the Kurus, Arjun

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
4.31 यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजः eaters of the nectar -- the remnants of the sacrifice? यान्ति go? ब्रह्म Brahman? सनातनम् eternal? न not? अयम् this? लोकः world? अस्ति is? अयज्ञस्य of the nonsacrificer? कुतः how? अन्यः other? कुरुसत्तम O best of the Kurus.Commentary 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)