Gita : Ch-4. Slo-30.
Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-4. ( Jnana-karma-sanyasa-yogam ) Slokam-30. ( Some of them, curtailing the eating process, offer the outgoing breath into itself, as a sacrifice. All these performers who know the meaning of sacrifice become cleansed of sinful reaction. ) Apare niyataharah pranan praneshu juhvati, sarvepyete yajnavido yajnakshapitakalmashah. apare niyataharah = some others controlling intake of food; pranan praneshu juhvati = offer the outgoing (exhaling) breath into itself, as a sacrifice; yete sarve api = all these people; yajna-vidah = having known the yajna tattvam; yajna-kshapita-kalmashah = being cleansed of the result of such performances ( sacrifices ) sinful reactions. Now Lord Krishna ...