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अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः। यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः।।3.14।।

annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karma-samudbhavaḥ

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 3, Verse 14
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
From food come forth beings; from rain, food is produced; from sacrifice arises rain, and sacrifice is born of action.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: beings arise from food, food from rain, rain from sacrifice, sacrifice from action, a chain tracing sustenance back to something beyond the individual self.

In life: nothing you rely on to live actually originates entirely from you, your food, safety, and comfort trace back through systems and people you didn't create.

Teaching: let this dependency chain build some humility about how self-sufficient you actually are, and gratitude toward what actually sustains you.

annātfrom food
bhavantisubsist
bhūtāniliving beings
parjanyātfrom rains
annaof food grains
sambhavaḥproduction
yajñātfrom the performance of sacrifice
bhavatibecomes possible
parjanyaḥrain
yajñaḥperformance of sacrifice
karmaprescribed duties
samudbhavaḥborn of

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
3.14 अन्नात् from food? भवन्ति come forth? भूतानि beings? पर्जन्यात् from rain? अन्नसम्भवः production of food? यज्ञात् from sacrifice? भवति arises? पर्जन्यः rain? यज्ञः sacrifice? कर्मसमुद्भवः born of action.Commentary Here Yajna means Apurva or the subtle principle or the unseen form which a sacrifice assumes between the time of its performance and the time when its fruits manifest themselves.