Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 4, verse 30 · Krishna
Bhagavad Gita 4.30 · Apare Niyataharah
अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति ।
सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः ॥
apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇānprāṇeṣu juhvati |
sarve’pyete yajñavido yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ ||
Translation
Others, restricting their food, offer the life-breaths into the life-breaths. All of these know what sacrifice is, and through sacrifice their impurities are destroyed.
Context
Spoken by Krishna in chapter 4, Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga — “The Yoga of Knowledge and the Renunciation of Action”, which has 42 verses.
Frequently asked questions
What does Bhagavad Gita 4.30 mean?
Others, restricting their food, offer the life-breaths into the life-breaths. All of these know what sacrifice is, and through sacrifice their impurities are destroyed.
Who speaks Bhagavad Gita 4.30?
Krishna, speaking to Arjuna, in chapter 4, Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga (The Yoga of Knowledge and the Renunciation of Action).
Sanskrit text: traditional, public domain. Translation and explanation are our own.