Sanskrit · Devanagari
यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः। भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ bhuñjate te tvaghaṃ pāpā ye pacantyātmakāraṇāt
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882The good who eat the leavings of a sacrifice are released from all sins. But the unrighteous ones who prepare food for themselves only
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.13।। देवयज्ञादीन् निर्वर्त्य तच्छिष्टम् अशनम् अमृताख्यम् अशितुं शीलं येषां ते यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तः मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः सर्वपापैः चुल्ल्यादिपञ्चसूनाकृतैः प्रमादकृतहिंसादिजनितैश्च अन्यैः। ये तु आत्मंभरयः भुञ्जते ते तु अघं पापं स्वयमपि पापाः ये पचन्ति पाकं निर्वर्तयन्ति आत्मकारणात् आत्महेतोः।।इतश्च अधिकृतेन कर्म कर्तव्यम् जगच्चक्रप्रवृत्तिहेतुर्हि कर्म। कथमिति उच्यते
bf96006c5f85…Rāmānuja
3.13 Those persons who acire food materials solely for propitiating the Supreme Person abiding as the Self of Indra and other deities, and who, after cooking them, propitiate, through them, the Supreme Person as He is, and then sustain themselves on the remnants of oblations (made for such propitiation), they alone will be free of impurities which have resulted from beginningless evil and which are inimical to the vision of the self. But they are evil-minded, who acire for selfish use the things which the Supreme Being, abiding as the Self of Indra and other deities, has granted them for worshipping Him with, and use it all on the other hand for feeding themselves - they eat only sin. Turning away from the vision of the self, they cook only for being led to Naraka (for the expiation of the sin incurred thery). Sri Krsna says that, from the standpoint of the world as well as that of the scriptures, everything has its origin in sacrifice; and He speaks of the need for the performance of the sacrifices and of the blemish in not performing the same:
5926eee9f9c8…Swami Sivananda
3.13 यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः who eat the remnants of the sacrifice? सन्तः the righteous? मुच्यन्ते are freed? सर्वकिल्बिषैः from all sins? भुञ्जते eat? ते those? तु indeed? अघम् sin? पापाः sinful ones? ये who? पचन्ति cook? आत्मकारणात् for their own sake.Commentary Those who? after performing the five great sacrifices? eat the remnants of the food are freed from all the sins committed by these five agents of insect slaughter? viz.? (1) the pestle and mortar? (2) the grinding stone? (3) the fireplace? (4) the place where the waterpot is kept? and (5) the broom. These are the five places where injury to life is daily committed. The sins are washed away by the performance of the five MahaYajnas or great sacrifices which every Dvija(twicorn or the people belonging to the first three castes in Hindu society? especially the Brahmin) ought to perform1. DevaYajna Offering sacrifices to the gods which will satisfy them?2. BrahmaYajna or RishiYajna Teaching and reciting the scriptures which will satisfy Brahman and the Rishis?3. PitriYajna Offering libations of water to ones ancestors which will satisfy the manes?4. NriYajna The feeding of the hungry and the guests? and?5. BhutaYajna The feeding of the subhuman species? such as animals? birds? etc.
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