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यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञ कर्मसमुद्भव || 14||
यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञ कर्मसमुद्भव || 14||
3.14
All living beings subsist on food, and food is produced by rains. Rains come from the performance of sacrifice, and sacrifice is produced by the performance of prescribed duties.
All living beings subsist on food, and food is produced by rains. Rains come from the performance of sacrifice, and sacrifice is produced by the performance of prescribed duties.
Here, Lord Krishna is describing the cycle of nature. Rain begets grains. Grains are eaten and transformed into blood. From blood, semen is created. Semen is the seed from which the human body is created. Human beings perform
yajñas
, and these propitiate the celestial gods, who then cause rains, and so the cycle continues.
yajñas
, and these propitiate the celestial gods, who then cause rains, and so the cycle continues.
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