Chapter 4 · Verse 31 of 42
The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
ज्ञानकर्मसन्न्यासयोग
Meaning
Supreme God Krishna spoke
O, Arjuna, Scion of the Kuru Lineage! {Each of} the yajna (spiritual pursuit) produces nectar at the end, by consuming which the spiritual aspirant is drawn into the Being of God. But those who are not given to any spiritual pursuit (yajna) may not find happiness here in this world, what to speak of the other world! (4:31)
Sanskrit
श्रीभगवान् उवाच
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् ।
नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम॥
Word-by-word
यज्ञ-शिष्ट अमृत-भुजः, यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम्,
न अयम् लोकःअस्ति, अ-यज्ञस्य कुतः अन्यः, कुरु-सत्-तम?