Chapter 3 · The Yoga of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 3.14

अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भव: यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञ: कर्मसमुद्भव:

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

Recitation · Text 3.14
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (12 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Krishna traces the chain outward: living beings subsist on food, food comes from rain, rain arises from offering, and offering is born of prescribed action. Each link is ordinary and physical until the last one, which quietly returns the whole cycle to human duty.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Every link in this chain is ordinary and physical until the last one, which quietly hands the whole cycle back to human duty.