Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

    Verse 31

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 31

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

    Transliteration (IAST)

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

    Translation

    This world is not for one who makes no sacrifice; how then for the other, O Arjuna?
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