Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Verse 31

यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् । नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम

yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujo yānti brahma sanātanam | nāyaṃ loko'styayajñasya kuto'nyaḥ kurusattama

Translation

Eating of ambrosia, the remnant of the sacrifice, they go to Eternal Brahman. This world is not for the non-sacrificer; whence the other? — O best of Kurus.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yajñaśiṣṭāmṛtabhujaḥ

of the sacrifice, remains, immortal (ambrosia), eat, who, they

yānti

go

brahma

to Brahman

sanātanam

eternal

na

not

ayam

this

lokaḥ

world

asti

is

ayajñasya

of the non-sacrificer

kutaḥ

whence

anyaḥ

other

kurusattama

of the Kurus, O best

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Performing the sacrifices mentioned above, they eat, at intervals, of prescribed food in a prescribed manner. Food so eaten is called ambrosia, amṛta (immortal). If they wish for mokṣa, they go to Brahman in course of time, not at once. Even this world, which is common to all beings, is not for one who performs none of the sacrifices mentioned above. How can there be to him another world which can be secured only by superior means?