Chapter 3 Overview
Verse 3.12
इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः। तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः।।3.12।।
iṣhṭān bhogān hi vo devā dāsyante yajña-bhāvitāḥ tair dattān apradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 12
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
The gods, nourished by the sacrifice, will give you the desired objects. So, he who enjoys the objects given by the gods without offering anything in return is indeed a thief.
A Reading - Rantideb
Why: enjoying what's given without offering anything back is named plainly as theft.
In life: taking from your health, relationships, or community without ever replenishing them is a quiet form of the same thing.
Teaching: audit where you're consistently taking more than you give, and start closing that gap somewhere concrete.
iṣhṭāndesired
bhogānnecessities of life
hicertainly
vaḥunto you
devāḥthe celestial gods
dāsyantewill grant
yajña-bhāvitāḥsatisfied by sacrifice
taiḥby them
dattānthings granted
apradāyawithout offering
ebhyaḥto them
yaḥwho
bhuṅkteenjoys
stenaḥthieves
evaverily
saḥthey
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
Author:
3.12 इष्टान् desired? भोगान् objects? हि so? वः to you? देवाः the gods? दास्यन्ते will give? यज्ञभाविताः nourished by sacrifice? तैः by them? दत्तान् give? अप्रदाय without offering? एभ्यः to them? यः who? भुङ्क्ते enjoys? स्तेनः thief? एव verily? सः he.Commentary When the gods are pleased with you sacrifices? they will bestow on you all the desired objects such as children? cattle? property? etc. He who enjoys what has been given to him by the gods? i.e.? he who gratifies the cravings of his own body and the senses without offering anything to the gods in return is a veritable thief. He is really a dacoit of the property of the gods.