Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 3 · Verse 14

Karma Yoga 3, verse 14

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Bhagavad Gita · Karma Yoga 3 · Verse 14 Verified original

अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः

അന്നാദ്ഭവന്തി ഭൂതാനി പര്‍ജന്യാദന്നസംഭവഃ യജ്ഞാദ്ഭവതി പര്‍ജന്യോ യജ്ഞഃ കര്‍മസമുദ്ഭവഃ

annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ

English Translation

From food are born the creatures; the origin of food is from rainfall; rainfall originates from sacrifice; sacrifice has action as its origin.

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Explanation · English

Here Yajna means Apurva or the subtle principle or the unseen form which a sacrifice assumes between the time of its performance and the time when its fruits manifest themselves.

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