Bhagavad Gita · 3.13
॥
Devanāgarī
यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः ।
भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ |
bhuñjate te tv aghaṁ pāpā ye pacanty ātmakāraṇāt ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यज्ञशिष्टाशिनःyajña-śiṣṭa-aśinaḥthose who eat (aśinaḥ) the remnants (śiṣṭa) of yajña.
सन्तःsantaḥthe saintly, the devoted, the righteous.
मुच्यन्तेmucyantethey are freed.
सर्वकिल्बिषैःsarva-kilbiṣaiḥfrom all sins, from all sinful reactions.
भुञ्जतेbhuñjatethey eat, they consume.
तेtethose.
तुtubut, however.
अघम्aghamsin.
पापाःpāpāḥsinners.
येyewho.
पचन्तिpacanticook food.
आत्मकारणात्ātma-kāraṇātfor their own sake, for their own enjoyment.
Translation
“The righteous, who eat the remnants of sacrifice, are freed from all sins. But those sinners who cook only for their own enjoyment — indeed, they eat nothing but sin.”
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