Chapter 4, Verse 30
Part of 4: Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोगअपरे नियताहाराः प्राणान्प्राणेषु जुह्वति। सर्वेऽप्येते यज्ञविदो यज्ञक्षपितकल्मषाः॥
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apare niyatāhārāḥ prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati sarve py 'ete yajña-vido yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ
Others who regulate their diet offer life-breaths in each life-breath. All these are knowers of sacrifice, whose sins are destroyed through sacrifice.
Niyataharah means persons of regulated or limited food. They take moderate food. By rigid dieting they control the passions and appetites by weakening the functions of the organs of action. Yogis pour the lifreaths as sacrifice in the controlled lifreath. The former becomes merged in the latter. Performance of the above sacrifice leads to the purification of the mind and destruction of sins.