Sanskrit
यज्ञशिष्टामृतभुजो यान्ति ब्रह्म सनातनम् । नायं लोकोऽस्त्ययज्ञस्य कुतोऽन्यः कुरुसत्तम ॥
yajña-śiṣṭāmṛta-bhujo yānti brahma sanātanam nāyaṃ loko 'sty ayajñasya kuto 'nyaḥ kuru-sattama
Translation
The eaters of the life-giving 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.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Having eaten the amṛta — the consecrated remains left over once an offering is made — the sacrificer moves toward the changeless Brahman; the one who never sacrifices at all, by contrast, forfeits not just liberation but this world too. That second clause is the sharper claim: it isn’t just that non-sacrifice fails to earn a good afterlife, it denies a livable present as well, treating yajña — in the now much-widened sense the last several verses have built up — as basic infrastructure for existing well at all, not an optional spiritual upgrade reserved for the next life.