Bhagavad Gita 4.31यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम्।नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतो़ऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम ॥

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

• 4.24Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the oblation…
• 4.25Some yogis perform sacrifice to the gods alone; while others, who have realized the Self,…
• 4.26Some again offer the organ of hearing and other senses as a sacrifice in the fire of…
• 4.27Others again sacrifice all the functions of the senses and those of the breath (vital…
• 4.28Others again offer wealth, austerity, and Yoga as sacrifice, while ascetics of…
• 4.29Others offer as sacrifice the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming into the…
• 4.30Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are…

• 4.31Those who eat the remnants of the sacrifice, which are like nectar, go to the eternal…

• 4.32Thus, manifold sacrifices are spread out before Brahman at the face of Brahman. Know them…
• 4.33Superior is wisdom-sacrifice to the sacrifice with objects, O Parantapa (scorcher of the…

na

never

asti

is

ayam

this

brahma

the Absolute Truth

yānti

go

anyaḥ

other (world)

kutaḥ

how

lokaḥ

planet

ayajñasya

for one who performs no sacrifice

sanātanam

eternal

kuru-sat-tama

best of the Kurus, Arjun

yajña-śhiṣhṭa amṛita-bhujaḥ

they partake of the nectarean remnants of sacrifice