Chapter 3, Verse 14
अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः। यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः।।3.14।।
annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ। yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ।।3.14।।
Word by word
- अन्नात्
- from food
- भवन्ति
- arise/are produced
- भूतानि
- living beings/creatures
- पर्जन्यात्
- from rain
- अन्नसम्भवः
- the production/origin of food
- यज्ञात्
- from sacrifice
- भवति
- arises/comes into being
- पर्जन्यः
- rain
- यज्ञः
- sacrifice
- कर्मसमुद्भवः
- arising from (ritual) action
Commentary
14-15. From food creatures come forth; the production of food is from rain ; rain comes forth from sacrifice ; sacrifice is born of action ; know thou that action comes from Brahman, and that Brahman comes from the Imperishable. There- fore, the all-pervading Brahman ever rests in sacrifice.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 14-15 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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