Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 4.31

यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्य: कुरुसत्तम

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

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Those who partake of what remains after offering reach the eternal — while for one who offers nothing, Krishna says, not even this world goes well, let alone the next. The remark is blunt about the cost of taking without returning.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Blunt about the cost of taking without returning — not even this world goes well, let alone the next.