3.12 इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः। तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः
iṣṭān
Word meanings
iṣhṭān—desired;bhogān—necessities of life;hi—certainly;vaḥ—unto you;devāḥ—the celestial gods;dāsyante—will grant;yajña-bhāvitāḥ—satisfied by sacrifice;taiḥ—by them;dattān—things granted;apradāya—without offering;ebhyaḥ—to them;yaḥ—who;bhuṅkte—enjoys;stenaḥ—thieves;eva—verily;saḥ—they
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The devas, gratified with necessary action, will grant you the things sacrificed. Therefore, whoever enjoys their gifts without offering them to these devas is surely a thief.
For, fed, on sacrifice, nature will give you all the enjoyment you can desire. But he who enjoys what she gives without returning is, indeed, a robber.'
The gods, pleased by the sacrifice, will bestow on you the enjoyments you desire. He who enjoys the bounty of the gods without giving them anything in return, is but a thief.
'Being nourished by sacrifices, the gods will indeed give you the coveted enjoyments. He is certainly a thief who enjoys what have been given by them without offering (these) to them.'
The gods, nourished by the sacrifice, will give you the desired objects. So, he who enjoys the objects given by the gods without offering (in return) to them, is verily a thief.
3.14 अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः। यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः
annād
Word meanings
annāt—from food;bhavanti—subsist;bhūtāni—living beings;parjanyāt—from rains;anna—of food grains;sambhavaḥ—production;yajñāt—from the performance of sacrifice;bhavati—becomes possible;parjanyaḥ—rain;yajñaḥ—performance of sacrifice;karma—prescribed duties;samudbhavaḥ—born of
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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From food arise the things that are born; from the rain-cloud the food arises; from the sacrifice the rain-cloud arises; the sacrifice arises from action.
All creatures are the product of food, food is the product of rain, rain comes by sacrifice, and sacrifice is the noblest form of action.
From food arise all beings (i.e., their bodies); from rain food is produced; from sacrifice comes rain; and sacrifice springs from activity.
From food are born the creatures; the origin of food is from rainfall; rainfall originates from sacrifice; sacrifice has action as its origin.
From food come forth beings, and from rain food is produced; from sacrifice arises rain, and sacrifice is born of action.
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कर्मयोग
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga
karmayoga
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3.13 यज्ञशिष्टाशिनः सन्तो मुच्यन्ते सर्वकिल्बिषैः। भुञ्जते ते त्वघं पापा ये पचन्त्यात्मकारणात्
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Word meanings
yajña-śhiṣhṭa—of remnants of food offered in sacrifice;aśhinaḥ—eaters;santaḥ—saintly persons;muchyante—are released;sarva—all kinds of;kilbiṣhaiḥ—from sins;bhuñjate—enjoy;te—they;tu—but;agham—sins;pāpāḥ—sinners;ye—who;pachanti—cook (food);ātma-kāraṇāt—for their own sake
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The righteous persons, who eat the remnants of the actions to be performed necessarily, are freed from all sins. But those who cook, intending for their own selves, are sinners and consume sin.
The sages who enjoy the food that remains after the sacrifice is made are freed from all sin; but the selfish who spread their feast only for themselves feed on sin only.
Pious men who eat the remnants of sacrifices are freed from all sins. But the sinful ones who cook only for their own sake earn only sin.
By becoming partakers of the remembers of sacrifices, they become freed from all sins. But the unholy persons who cook for themselves, they incur sin.
The righteous, who eat of the remnants of the sacrifice, are freed from all sins; but those sinful ones who cook food (only) for their own sake, verily eat sin.
