यथाग्निमेधस्यमृतं च गोषु भुव्यन्नमम्बूद्यमने च वृत्तिम् । योगैर्मनुष्या अधियन्ति हि त्वां गुणेषु बुद्ध्या कवयो वदन्ति ॥ १२ ॥
yathagnim edhasy amrtam ca gosu bhuvy annam ambudyamane ca vrttim yogair manusya adhiyanti hi tvam gunesu buddhya kavayo vadanti
- yatha
- as
- agnim
- fire
- edhasi
- in wood
- amrtam
- milk, which is like nectar
- ca
- and
- gosu
- from cows
- bhuvi
- on the ground
- annam
- food grains
- ambu
- water
- udyamane
- in enterprise
- ca
- also
- vrttim
- livelihood
- yogaih
- by practice of bhakti-yoga
- manusyah
- human beings
- adhiyanti
- achieve
- hi
- indeed
- tvam
- You
- gunesu
- in the material modes of nature
- buddhya
- by intelligence
- kavayah
- great personalities
- vadanti
- say
As one can derive fire from wood, milk from the milk bag of the cow, food grains and water from the land, and prosperity in one’s livelihood from industrial enterprises, so, by the practice of bhakti-yoga, even within this material world, one can achieve Your favor or intelligently approach You. Those who are pious all affirm this.