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“What is offered purifies; what is hoarded for the self corrupts.”
यज्ञशेष योग का अनुभव करनेवाले श्रेष्ठ मनुष्य सम्पूर्ण पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाते हैं । परन्तु जो केवल अपने लिये ही पकाते अर्थात् सब कर्म करते हैं, वे पापीलोग तो पापका ही भक्षण करते हैं ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःeating what remains after sacrifice · the good, the noble · are freed · from all faults · they eat/enjoy · they · but · wrongdoing · the sinful · those who · cook · for their own sake
People who take only what remains after offering their work for the larger order are cleansed. People who act only for themselves end up consuming their own wrongdoing.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "कर्म योग" में।
श्लोक 13 भगवद् गीता के 3वें अध्याय में है — कर्म योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 43 श्लोक हैं।
You finish dinner and notice you grabbed the best piece before anyone else. That tiny reflex is the same one that makes larger acts feel hollow.
Did you like this verse?
It shifts action from self-collection to offering, so work becomes clean instead of contaminated by greed.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
People who take only what remains after offering their work for the larger order are cleansed. People who act only for themselves end up consuming their own wrongdoing.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On the battlefield, Arjuna is frozen and Krishna is rebuilding the meaning of action. After explaining sacrifice and mutual support, Krishna says that the noble live on what is left after offering first; self-centered action only deepens impurity.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You finish dinner and notice you grabbed the best piece before anyone else. That tiny reflex is the same one that makes larger acts feel hollow.
“Generosity purifies effort; selfishness poisons it.”
संबंधित विषय: yajna (32 श्लोक)