Adhyāya 4Ch 4•Verse 31
"O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one ..."
Adhyāya 4 • Shloka 31
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् | नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्य: कुरुसत्तम || ३१ ||
yajña-śiṣṭāmṛta-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam | nāyaṃ loko 'sty ayajñasya kuto 'nyaḥ kuru-sattama || 31 ||
"O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life: what then of the next? But those who taste the nectar of the remnants of sacrifice go to the supreme eternal atmosphere."