यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् | नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम ||४-३१||
yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam . nāyaṃ loko.astyayajñasya kuto.anyaḥ kurusattama ||4-31||
Chapter 4 · Verse 31
Jnana Yoga
ज्ञानयोग
In plain words
They go to the eternal Brahman in course of time after attaining the knowledge of the Self through purification of the mind by performing the above sacrifices. He who does not perform any of these is not fit even for this miserable world. How then can he hope to get a better world than this (Cf.
Translation
4.31 This world is not for him who makes no sacrifice. How then the other, O Arjuna?
Meaning
They go to the eternal Brahman in course of time after attaining the knowledge of the Self through purification of the mind by performing the above sacrifices. He who does not perform any of these is not fit even for this miserable world. How then can he hope to get a better world than this (Cf. III.13)
Word by word
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजः eaters of the nectar -- the remnants of the sacrifice यान्ति go ब्रह्म Brahman सनातनम् eternal न not अयम् this लोकः world अस्ति is अयज्ञस्य of the nonsacrificer कुतः how अन्यः other कुरुसत्तम O best of the Kurus.