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3.13 Cooking only for yourself Krishna speaks

यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः
भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात्

yajña-śhiṣhṭāśhinaḥ santo muchyante sarva-kilbiṣhaiḥ
bhuñjate te tvaghaṁ pāpā ye pachantyātma-kāraṇāt

The good, who eat what is left after the offering, are released from every fault. Those who cook only for themselves eat their own wrongdoing.

Explanation

Those who cook only for themselves.

They eat their own wrongdoing. And the good, who eat what is left after the offering, are released from every fault.

The image is domestic and completely concrete. Whatever the metaphysics, the test the verse offers is who else is at the table.

Word by word

yajña-śhiṣhṭa
of remnants of food offered in sacrifice
aśhinaḥ
eaters
santaḥ
saintly persons
muchyante
are released
sarva
all kinds of
kilbiṣhaiḥ
from sins
bhuñjate
enjoy
te
they
tu
but
agham
sins
pāpāḥ
sinners
ye
who
pachanti
cook (food)
ātma-kāraṇāt
for their own sake