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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Verse 30

Knowledge and the Renunciation of Action

अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति। सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः

apare niyata-āhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣhu juhvati sarve api ete yajña-vidaḥ yajña-kṣhapita-kalmaṣhāḥ

What does Bhagavad Gita 4.30 mean?

Others, having regulated their food, offer the life-breaths into the life-breaths. All these are knowers of sacrifice, whose sins have been destroyed by sacrifice.

Word-by-word meaning

apare—others · niyata-āhārāḥ—having regulated their food · prāṇān—the life-breaths (accusative) · prāṇeṣhu—into the life-breaths (locative) · juhvati—they offer (as oblation) · sarve—all · api—also/indeed · ete—these · yajña-vidaḥ—knowers of sacrifice · yajña-kṣhapita-kalmaṣhāḥ—whose sins have been destroyed by sacrifice

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