Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 14

Krishna said
अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः।यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः ॥3.14॥

annādbhavanti bhūtāni parjanyādannasambhavaḥyajñādbhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ

Meaning

Living beings come from food; food comes from rain; rain comes from yajna (offering); and yajna arises from action.

हिंदी में अर्थ

प्राणी अन्न से बनते हैं, अन्न वर्षा से होता है, वर्षा यज्ञ से होती है, और यज्ञ कर्म से उत्पन्न होता है।

Practise it today

Trace one thing you use today, like your food or clothes, back through the chain of people and nature that made it. Use it with care.

Reflect tonight

What chain did you trace today? Did it change how you treated that thing?

Nature of the worldGratitude

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