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सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः। अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।3.10।।

saha-yajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛiṣhṭvā purovācha prajāpatiḥ anena prasaviṣhyadhvam eṣha vo ’stviṣhṭa-kāma-dhuk

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 10
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
The Creator, having in the beginning created mankind together with sacrifice, said, "By this shall you propagate; let this be the milch cow of your desires - the cow that yields all the desired objects."

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Why: the Creator is described as making humanity alongside the concept of sacrifice itself, mutual giving built into the design from the start.

In life: relationships and communities function on reciprocity, what you put in eventually shapes what you get back, directly or not.

Teaching: notice where you're only extracting from a system, relationship, or environment without contributing back to it, and correct that balance.

sahaalong with
yajñāḥsacrifices
prajāḥhumankind
sṛiṣhṭvācreated
purāin beginning
uvāchasaid
prajā-patiḥBrahma
anenaby this
prasaviṣhyadhvamincrease prosperity
eṣhaḥthese
vaḥyour
astushall be
iṣhṭa-kāma-dhukbestower of all wishes

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
3.10 सहयज्ञाः together with sacrifice? प्रजाः mankind? सृष्ट्वा having created? पुरा in the beginning? उवाच said? प्रजापतिः Prajapati? अनेन by this? प्रसविष्यध्वम् shall ye propagate? एषः this? वः your? अस्तु let be? इष्टकामधुक् milch cow of desires.Commentary Prajapati is the Creator or Brahma. Kamadhuk is another name for the cow Kamadhenu. Kamadhenu is the cow of Indra from which everyone can milk whatever one desires. (Cf.VIII.4IX.2427X.25).