Asnati means

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"Asnati means"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Aśnāti means one who eats. So our yajña begins from the eating, because eating is the first item of the necessity of our life.

Lecture on BG 3.13-16 -- New York, May 23, 1966:

Now, that yajña, I have... Several times before you I have explained. Aśnāti. Aśnāti means one who eats. So our yajña begins from the eating, because eating is the first item of the necessity of our life. Eating, sleeping, fearing, and mating. Now, eating is essential. So here in the Bhagavad-gītā openly speaks that just control your eating process in the yajña. Just begin your karma-yoga from the eating formula. Then, gradually, other things will develop.