Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingTranslation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaThose who partake of the nectar left over after a sacrifice reach the eternal Brahman. This world ceases to exist for one who does not perform sacrifices; what, then, to speak of the other world, O best among the Kurus (Arjuna)!
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
हे कुरुश्रेष्ठ ! यज्ञ के अवशिष्ट अमृत को भोगने वाले पुरुष सनातन ब्रह्म को प्राप्त होते हैं। यज्ञ रहित पुरुष को यह लोक भी नहीं मिलता, फिर परलोक कैसे मिलेगा?
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from VaamshiiWord by word
padārthaMeaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnAKṛṣṇa lists them like rungs of a ladder. Some offer the senses into the fire of restraint; some offer the sense-objects into the fire of the senses; some offer all the functions of the senses and the breath into the fire of self-control kindled by knowledge. Some sacrifice with wealth, some by austerity, some by yoga; some by the study of scripture and by knowledge (svādhyāya-jñāna-yajña); some by the disciplined regulation of the in-breath and out-breath (prāṇāyāma); some by moderating their food. Every one of these is a genuine offering. But the conclusion (4.33) is decisive: the sacrifice of Knowledge (jñāna-yajña) is greater than any sacrifice of things, “for all action, without exception, culminates in Knowledge.” The material offerings purify; Knowledge liberates.