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Bhagavad Gita 4.30

अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति। सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः।।

apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati sarve py 'ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
apareapareothers
niyataniyatacontrolled
āhārāḥāhārāḥeating
prāṇānprāṇānoutgoing air
prāṇeṣuprāṇeṣuin the outgoing air
sarvesarveall
apiapialthough apparently different
eteeteall these
yajñavidaḥyajñavidaḥconversant with the purpose of performing
yajñayajñasacrifices
kṣapitakṣapitabeing cleansed of the result of such performances
kalmaṣāḥkalmaṣāḥsinful reactions
juhvatijuhvatisacrifices.

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

दूसरे नियमित आहार करने वाले (साधक जन) प्राणों को प्राणों में हवन करते हैं। ये सभी यज्ञ को जानने वाले हैं, जिनके पाप यज्ञ के द्वारा नष्ट हो चुके हैं।।