BHAGAVAD-GITA 4:30

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 4:30

 

sarve 'py ete yajna-vido

yajna-ksapita-kalmasah

yajna-sistamrta-bhujo

yanti brahma sanatanam

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

sarve--all; api--although apparently different; ete--these;

yajna-vidah--conversant with the purpose of performing sacrifices;

yajna-ksapita--being cleansed as the result of such performances;

kalmasah--of sinful reactions; yajna-sista--of the result of such

performances of yajna; amrta-bhujah--those who have tasted such

nectar; yanti--do approach; brahma--the supreme; sanatanam--eternal

atmosphere.

 

TRANSLATION

 

All these performers who know the meaning of sacrifice become cleansed

of sinful reactions, and, having tasted the nectar of the results of

sacrifices, they advance toward the supreme eternal atmosphere.

 

PURPORT

 

>From the foregoing explanation of different types of sacrifice (namely

sacrifice of one's possessions, study of the Vedas or philosophical

doctrines, and performance of the yoga system), it is found that the

common aim of all is to control the senses. Sense gratification is the

root cause of material existence; therefore, unless and until one is

situated on a platform apart from sense gratification, there is no

chance of being elevated to the eternal platform of full knowledge,

full bliss and full life. This platform is in the eternal atmosphere,

or Brahman atmosphere. All the above-mentioned sacrifices help one to

become cleansed of the sinful reactions of material existence. By this

advancement in life, not only does one become happy and opulent in

this life, but also, at the end, he enters into the eternal kingdom of

God, either merging into the impersonal Brahman or associating with

the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.

 

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