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Bhagavad Gita 3.14अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः।यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः ॥

annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ

yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karma-samudbhavaḥ

Sanskrit recitation

3.133.15
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Work as offering · 3.10–3.16 · Teaching

Translation

From food come forth beings; from rain, food is produced; from sacrifice arises rain, and sacrifice is born of action.

Hindi translation

।।3.14 -- 3.15।। सम्पूर्ण प्राणी अन्नसे उत्पन्न होते हैं। अन्न वर्षासे होती है। वर्षा यज्ञसे होती है। यज्ञ कर्मोंसे निष्पन्न होता है। कर्मोंको तू वेदसे उत्पन्न जान और वेदको अक्षरब्रह्मसे प्रकट हुआ जान। इसलिये वह सर्वव्यापी परमात्मा यज्ञ (कर्तव्य-कर्म) में नित्य प्रतिष्ठित है।

Meaning

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.

After Swami Sivananda

Work as offering· 3.10–3.16→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→
anna
of food grains
karma
prescribed duties
annāt
from food
bhavati
becomes possible
bhavanti
subsist
yajñāt
from the performance of sacrifice
bhūtāni
living beings
yajñaḥ
performance of sacrifice
parjanyāt
from rains
parjanyaḥ
rain
sambhavaḥ
production
samudbhavaḥ
born of

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