Illustration for Bhagavad Gita chapter 4 verse 30
Chapter 4 · Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Many Roads to Purity · All Sincere Efforts Count

अपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति । सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः ।।30।।

apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati sarve 'py ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ

Meaning

"Others, restricting their food, offer their life-breaths into the life-force. All these are knowers of sacrifice, cleansed of impurity through it."

Explanation

Krishna closes this list of sacrificial practices, affirming that all of them, sincerely done, lead to purification.

Today's Life Lesson

Trust that your own sincere form of discipline, whatever it looks like, is genuinely purifying and worthwhile.

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