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Bhagavad Gita 3.10

सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः। अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।

saha-yajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛiṣhṭvā purovācha prajāpatiḥ anena prasaviṣhyadhvam eṣha vo ’stviṣhṭa-kāma-dhuk

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sahasahaalong with
yajñāḥyajñāḥsacrifices
prajāḥprajāḥhumankind
sṛiṣhṭvāsṛiṣhṭvācreated
purāpurāin beginning
uvāchauvāchasaid
prajā-patiḥprajā-patiḥBrahma
anenaanenaby this
prasaviṣhyadhvamprasaviṣhyadhvamincrease prosperity
eṣhaḥeṣhaḥthese
vaḥvaḥyour
astuastushall be
iṣhṭa-kāma-dhukiṣhṭa-kāma-dhukbestower of all wishes

The Creator, having in the beginning created mankind together with sacrifice, said, "By this shall you propagate; let this be the milch cow of your desires—the cow that yields all the desired objects."

प्रजापति (सृष्टिकर्त्ता) ने (सृष्टि के) आदि में यज्ञ सहित प्रजा का निर्माण कर कहा इस यज्ञ द्वारा तुम वृद्धि को प्राप्त हो और यह यज्ञ तुम्हारे लिये इच्छित कामनाओं को पूर्ण करने वाला (इष्टकामधुक्) होवे।।