Gita Verse 4.30

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4, Verse 30

Sanskrit Verse

अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति।

सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः।।4.30।।

Transliteration

apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati

sarve py ‘ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ

Word meanings

apare—others; niyata—controlled; āhārāḥ—eating; prāṇān—outgoing air; prāṇeṣu—in the outgoing air; sarve—all; api—although apparently different; ete—all these; yajñavidaḥ—conversant with the purpose of performing; yajña—sacrifices; kṣapita—being cleansed of the result of such performances; kalmaṣāḥ—sinful reactions; juhvati—sacrifices.

Swami Sivananda's translation

Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are knowers of sacrifice, whose sins are destroyed through sacrifice.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 4