Chapter 3 · The Yoga of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 3.13

यज्ञशिष्टाशिन: सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषै: भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात्

yajña-śhiṣhṭāśhinaḥ santo muchyante sarva-kilbiṣhaiḥ bhuñjate te tvaghaṁ pāpā ye pachantyātma-kāraṇāt

Recitation · Text 3.13
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (14 words)

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Those who eat what remains after an offering are said to be released from all faults, while those who cook only for their own sake are said to consume wrongdoing itself. The same meal is described as carrying entirely different weight depending on whether anything was offered first.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The same meal is described as carrying completely different weight depending on whether anything was offered first.