Bhagavad Gita
Jnana-karma-sannyasa-yoga (The Yoga of Divine Knowledge, Action and Renunciation)4.31
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Bhagavad Gita · 4.31
Devanāgarī

यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् ।
नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam |
nāyaṁ loko 'sty ayajñasya kuto 'nyaḥ kurusattama ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजःyajña-śiṣṭa-amṛta-bhujaḥthose who partake (bhujaḥ) of the nectar (amṛta) that is the remnant (śiṣṭa) of yajña
यान्तिyāntithey go, they attain
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman
सनातनम्sanātanameternal
न अयम् लोकःna ayam lokaḥnot this world
अस्तिastiexists, is intended
अयज्ञस्यayajñasyafor the one who performs no yajña
कुतःkutaḥhow, whence
अन्यःanyaḥthe other [world]?
कुरुसत्तमkuru-sattamaO best of the Kurus!
Translation

“Those who partake of the nectar remaining after the sacrifice attain the eternal Brahman. O best of the Kurus, for one who performs no yajña, there is no happiness even in this world — what to speak of the next?”

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