Bhagavad Gita 4.31
Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् | नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम ||४-३१||
Transliteration
yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam . nāyaṃ loko.astyayajñasya kuto.anyaḥ kurusattama ||4-31||
Those who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the eternal Brahman. This world is not for the man who does not perform sacrifice; how then can he have the other, O Arjuna?
Word by Word
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजः eaters of the nectar -- the remnants of the sacrifice, यान्ति go, ब्रह्म Brahman, सनातनम् eternal, न not, अयम् this, लोकः world, अस्ति is, अयज्ञस्य of the nonsacrificer, कुतः how, अन्यः other, कुरुसत्तम O best of the Kurus
Classical 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)