Word meanings
- yajña-śiṣṭa amṛta-bhujaḥ
- they partake of the nectarean remnants of sacrifice
- yānti
- go
- brahma
- the Absolute Truth
- sanātanam
- eternal
- na
- never
- ayam
- this
- lokaḥ
- planet
- asti
- is
- ayajñasya
- for one who performs no sacrifice
- kutaḥ
- how
- anyaḥ
- other (world)
- kuru-sat-tama
- best of the Kurus, Arjun
Translations
Those who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the eternal Brahman. This world is not for the one who does not perform sacrifice; how then can they have the other, O Arjuna?
Tasting the nectar of immortality, as the reward of sacrifice, they reach the Eternal. This world is not for those who refuse to sacrifice; nor is the other world.
Those who partake of the nectar left over after a sacrifice reach the eternal Brahman. This world ceases to exist for one who does not perform sacrifices; what, then, to speak of the other world, O best among the Kurus (Arjuna)!
हे कुरुवंशियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुन ! यज्ञसे बचे हुए अमृतका अनुभव करनेवाले सनातन परब्रह्म परमात्माको प्राप्त होते हैं। यज्ञ न करनेवाले मनुष्यके लिये यह मनुष्यलोक भी सुखदायक नहीं है, फिर परलोक कैसे सुखदायक होगा?Commentary
They go to the eternal Brahman in course of time after attaining the knowledge of the Self through purification of the mind by performing the above sacrifices. He who does not perform any of these is not fit even for this miserable world. How then can he hope to get a better world than this (Cf.III.13)