Chapter 4, Verse 31
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम्। नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतो़ऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम।।4.31।।
yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam. nāyaṃ loko'stya yajñasya kuto'nyaḥ kurusattama৷৷4.31৷৷
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- यज्ञ-शिष्ट-अमृत-भुजः (yajña-śiṣṭa-amṛta-bhujaḥ)
- those who eat the nectar-like remnants of sacrifice
- यान्ति (yānti)
- go/attain
- ब्रह्म (brahma)
- the Absolute/Brahman
- सनातनम् (sanātanam)
- eternal, everlasting
- न (na)
- not
- अयम् (ayam)
- this
- लोकः (lokaḥ)
- world
- अस्ति (asti)
- is/exists
- अयज्ञस्य (ayajñasya)
- for one who performs no sacrifice
- कुतः (kutaḥ)
- how then/whence
- अन्यः (anyaḥ)
- another (world, i.e. the next world)
- कुरुसत्तम (kuru-sattama)
- O best of the Kurus (Arjuna)
Commentary
34. Eating of ambrosia, the remnant of the sacrifice, they go to Eternal Brahman. This world is not for the non-sacrificer ; whence the other? — O best of Kurus.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यज्ञ-शिष्ट-अमृत-भुजः (yajña-śiṣṭa-amṛta-bhujaḥ)
यान्ति (yānti)
ब्रह्म (brahma)
सनातनम् (sanātanam)
न (na)
अयम् (ayam)
लोकः (lokaḥ)
अस्ति (asti)
अयज्ञस्य (ayajñasya)
कुतः (kutaḥ)
अन्यः (anyaḥ)
कुरुसत्तम (kuru-sattama)
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