On the other hand,
यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः ।
भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात् ॥ १३ ॥
yajñaśiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ .
bhuñjate te tvaghaṃ pāpā ye pacantyātmakāraṇāt .. 13 ..
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Those who, after performing sacrifices to the Gods, etc., eat the remains of the food—which is called amrita, ambrosia—are freed from all sins committed at the five* places of animal-slaughter (such as the fire place), as well as from those sins which result from involuntary acts of injury and other causes. But as to the others, who are selfish and cook food for their own sakes, what they eat is sin itself, while they themselves are sinners.
The five places referred to are the fire-place, the water-pot, the cutting, grinding and sweeping apparatus. These are the five-places where injury to life is daily committed. The sins committed here are said to be washed away by the five maha-yajnas or great sacrifices, which every dvija ought to perform, and which are intended to satisfy the Bhutas, the Rishis, men, the Gods, and the Pitris. Vide Manu, ii. 67—73.
The wheel of the world should be set going.
For the following reason also should action be performed by him who is qualified for action. For, it is action that sets the wheel of the world going.—How?—The answer follows.