Bhagavad Gita · 4.30
॥
Devanāgarī
अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति ।
सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati |
sarve 'py ete yajñavido yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अपरेapareothers
नियताहाराःniyata-āhārāḥthose who restrict (niyata) themselves in food (āhāra)
प्राणान्prāṇānthe flows of the life-air
प्राणेषुprāṇeṣuinto the flows of the life-air
जुह्वतिjuhvatithey offer in sacrifice
सर्वे अपि एतेsarve api eteall these also
यज्ञविदःyajña-vidaḥknowers (vidaḥ) of yajña
यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाःyajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥthose whose sins (kalmaṣāḥ) are destroyed (kṣapita) by yajña
Translation
“Others, strictly restricting their food, offer one flow of the life-air into another. All of them are knowers of yajña, and through these sacrifices they are cleansed of their sins.”
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