Chapter 4, Verse 30
Part of 4: Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोगअपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति। सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः॥
Transliteration
apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati sarve py 'ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ
Meaning
Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are knowers of sacrifice, whose sins are destroyed through sacrifice.
Word-by-word meaning
apare — othersniyata — controlledāhārāḥ — eatingprāṇān — outgoing airprāṇeṣu — in the outgoing airsarve — allapi — although apparently differentete — all theseyajñavidaḥ — conversant with the purpose of performingyajña — sacrificeskṣapita — being cleansed of the result of such performanceskalmaṣāḥ — sinful reactionsjuhvati — sacrifices.
Commentary
Niyataharah means persons of regulated or limited food. They take moderate food. By rigid dieting they control the passions and appetites by weakening the functions of the organs of action. Yogis pour the lifreaths as sacrifice in the controlled lifreath. The former becomes merged in the latter. Performance of the above sacrifice leads to the purification of the mind and destruction of sins.
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Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are knowers of sacrifice, whose sins are destroyed through sacrifice.
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This is verse 30 of Chapter 4 (Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.