यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः ।भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात् ॥
yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ |bhuñjate te tv aghaṃ pāpā ye pacanty ātmakāraṇāt ||
- यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः · yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ
- those who eat the remains of sacrifice
- सन्तः · santaḥ
- the good, the virtuous
- मुच्यन्ते · mucyante
- are freed
- सर्वकिल्बिषैः · sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
- from all evils, faults
- भुञ्जते · bhuñjate
- they eat, consume
- ते · te
- they
- तु · tu
- but
- अघम् · agham
- sin, evil
- पापाः · pāpāḥ
- the wicked
- ये · ye
- who
- पचन्ति · pacanti
- cook
- आत्मकारणात् · ātmakāraṇāt
- for their own sake alone
“The good, who eat what remains after sacrifice, are freed from all evils. But the wicked, who cook only for their own sake, eat sin itself.”
— Original plain-language translation
Eating the remnant means receiving life as prasad — leftover grace — after offering first. Cooking only for oneself pictures the whole self-enclosed life. The contrast is stark: shared food liberates, hoarded food condemns.
— Reader's notes (original)