Bhagavad Gita · 3.14-15
॥
Devanāgarī
अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः ।
यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः ॥
कर्म ब्रह्मोद्भवं विद्धि ब्रह्माक्षरसमुद्भवम् ।
तस्मात्सर्वगतं ब्रह्म नित्यं यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād annasambhavaḥ |
yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
अन्नात्annātfrom food.
भवन्तिbhavanticome into being, exist.
भूतानिbhūtāniliving beings.
पर्जन्यात्parjanyātfrom rain.
अन्नसम्भवःanna-sambhavaḥthe production (sambhava) of food (anna).
यज्ञात्yajñātfrom yajña (sacrifice).
भवतिbhavatiarises.
पर्जन्यःparjanyaḥrain.
यज्ञःyajñaḥyajña.
कर्मसमुद्भवःkarma-samudbhavaḥborn of action (karma).
कर्मkarmaaction.
ब्रह्मोद्भवम्brahma-udbhavamborn of Brahman (the Vedas).
विद्धिviddhiknow.
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman (the Vedas).
अक्षरसमुद्भवम्akṣara-samudbhavamborn of the Akṣara (the Imperishable, God).
तस्मात्tasmāttherefore.
सर्वगतम् ब्रह्मsarva-gatam brahmathe all-pervading Brahman (God).
नित्यम्nityameternally.
यज्ञेyajñein yajña.
प्रतिष्ठितम्pratiṣṭhitamis established, abides.
Translation
“All living beings subsist on food; food is produced from rain; rain comes from yajña; and yajña arises from prescribed action. (14) Know that prescribed action originates from the Vedas, and the Vedas arise from the Imperishable [God]. Therefore the all-pervading Lord is eternally present in yajña. (15)”
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