Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God - Chapter-3.14. - Swami Mukundananda.

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Friday 06, May 2025. 08:30.
Srimad Bhagavad Gita:
Chapter 3: Karma Yogam: (The Yogam of Action): 14.
Slogam-14.
Swami Mukundananda.

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Slogam-14.

"Annad bhavanti bhutani parjanyad anna-sambhavah

yajnad bhavati parjanyo yajnah karma-samudbhavah."

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annat—from food; 

bhavanti—subsist; 

bhutani—living beings; 

parjanyat—from rains; 

anna—of food grains; 

sambhavah—production; 

yajnat—from the performance of sacrifice; 

bhavati—becomes possible; 

parjanyah—rain; 

yajnah—performance of sacrifice; 

karma—prescribed duties; 

samudbhavah—born of.

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Translation:

BG 3.14: 

"All living beings subsist on food, and food is produced by rains. Rains come from the performance of sacrifice, and sacrifice is produced by the performance of prescribed duties."

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Commentary:

Here, Lord Krishna is describing the cycle of nature. Rain begets grains. Grains are eaten and transformed into blood. From blood, semen is created. Semen is the seed from which the human body is created. Human beings perform yajñas, and these propitiate the celestial gods, who then cause rains, and so the cycle continues.

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