Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 154

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-4 Jñāna Vibhāga Yogaḥ

yajñā-śiṣṭāmṛta bhujo yānti brahmā sanātanam | nāyaṃ loko’sty-ayajñāsya kuto’nyaḥ kurusattama || 31 || 31. Those who subsist on the ambrosial remnants of sacrifice, go to the eternal Brahman. This world is not for one who makes no sacrifice, how then the other, O Kurusattama (Arjuna)? Commentary Those Karma Yogins who sustain their bodies only on the remains of sacrifice which is like ambrosia, will go to the eternal Brahman. 'Go to Brahman' here means attaining the realisation of the Self of which Brahman is the 'Over-Self'. 'One who makes no sacrifices,' is one who is not devoted to any obligatory and periodic rites etc., One will be unable to achieve the material goals of human existence known as right living (Dharma), prosperity (Artha) and pleasure (Kāma); how then can the Supreme goal — liberation (Mokṣa) be attained? As Mokṣa has been mentioned as the ultimate goal, the other three objectives are indicated by 'this world' that is, the material realm in which they are accomplished.