अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति ।सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः ॥
apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati |sarve 'py ete yajñavido yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ ||
- अपरे · apare
- others
- नियताहाराः · niyatāhārāḥ
- regulated in food
- प्राणान् · prāṇān
- the vital breaths
- प्राणेषु · prāṇeṣu
- into the vital breaths
- जुह्वति · juhvati
- they offer
- सर्वे · sarve
- all
- अपि · api
- indeed
- एते · ete
- these
- यज्ञविदः · yajñavidaḥ
- knowers of sacrifice
- यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः · yajñakṣapitakalmaṣāḥ
- whose stains are consumed by sacrifice
“Others, regulated in food, offer the vital breaths into the breaths. All these are knowers of sacrifice, their stains consumed by sacrifice.”
— Original plain-language translation
The catalogue closes with the measured eater and a blanket verdict: every one of these practitioners truly knows yajña. Diverse methods, one cleansing result — sacrifice consumes stain. What matters is the offering spirit, not the technique.
— Reader's notes (original)