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incoming breaths, solely absorbed in the control of breathing.^[1] (29)

 

अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति । सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः ॥ ३० ॥

Others regular in food, pour as sacrifice their life-breaths in life-breaths. All these are knowers of sacrifice, and by sacrifice have destroyed their sins. (30)

 

यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् । नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम ॥ ३१ ॥

The eaters of the life-giving^[2] remains of sacrifice go to the changeless Eternal. This world is not for the non-sacrificer, much less the other, O best of the Kurus. (31)

 

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1. Prânâyâma, restraint of breath, a technical name for this practice.
2. Amrita: it is the elixir of immortality, and the amrita-remains, therefore, are foods that give immortality.