अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः | यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः ||३-१४||
annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥ . yajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ ||3-14||
- annāt
- from grains
- bhavanti
- grow
- bhūtāni
- the material bodies
- parjanyāt
- from rains
- anna
- of food grains
- sambhavaḥ
- production
- yajñāt
- from the performance of sacrifice
- bhavati
- becomes possible
- parjanyaḥ
- rain
- yajñaḥ
- performance of yajña
- karma
- prescribed duties
- samudbhavaḥ
- born of
All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of yajña [sacrifice], and yajña is born of prescribed duties.