Chapter 3, Verse 12
इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः। तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः।।3.12।।
iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ। tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ॥3.12॥
Word by word
- इष्टान्
- desired
- भोगान्
- enjoyments/pleasures
- हि
- indeed
- वः
- to you (plural)
- देवाः
- the gods
- दास्यन्ते
- will give
- यज्ञभाविताः
- nourished/gratified by sacrifice
- तैः
- by them (the gods)
- दत्तान्
- given (things)
- अप्रदाय
- without offering (in return)
- एभ्यः
- to them (the gods)
- यः
- who
- भुङ्क्ते
- enjoys
- स्तेनः
- a thief
- एव
- indeed/verily
- सः
- he
Commentary
12. "Nourished by the sacrifice, the Gods shall indeed bestow on you the enjoyments ye desire." Whoso enjoys — without offering to Them — Their gifts, he is verily a thief.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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इष्टान्
भोगान्
हि
वः
देवाः
दास्यन्ते
यज्ञभाविताः
तैः
दत्तान्
अप्रदाय
एभ्यः
यः
भुङ्क्ते
स्तेनः
एव
सः
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