Bhagavad Gita 3.10 Meaning: Sahayajnah prajah srishtva

Bhagavad Gita 3.10

सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः ।अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक् ॥

Sahayajnah prajah srishtva purovacha prajapatihAnena prasavishyadhvamesha vostvishtakamadhuk

sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ |anena prasaviṣyadhvameṣa vo’stviṣṭakāmadhuk ||

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Our explanation Krishna recalls an old account. In the beginning, Prajapati, the lord of creatures, created people together with sacrifice and said: “By this you shall multiply. Let this be your wish-giving cow (kāmadhuk).” Prajapati's words continue to verse 12.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण एक पुरानी बात बताते हैं। आरंभ में प्रजापति (प्राणियों के स्वामी) ने यज्ञ के साथ-साथ प्रजा को रचा और कहा: “इसके द्वारा तुम बढ़ो; यह तुम्हारे लिए इच्छित वस्तुएँ देने वाली कामधेनु (कामधुक्) हो।” प्रजापति के वचन श्लोक 12 तक चलते हैं।

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सहयज्ञाः sahayajñāḥ · together with sacrifice (compound (feminine), accusative plural) Dictionary: saha-yajña, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1194, col. 2 “with sacrifices, Bhag.”; yajña, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 839, col. 2 “act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice”
प्रजाः prajāḥ · people, beings (noun (feminine), accusative plural) Dictionary: prajā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 658, col. 2 “a creature, animal, man, mankind”
सृष्ट्वा sṛṣṭvā · having created (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. sṛj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1245, col. 2 “to emit from one's self, i.e. create, procreate, produce, beget”
पुरा purā · in the beginning (indeclinable) Dictionary: purā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 634, col. 3 “at first, in the beginning”
उवाच uvāca · said (perfect, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: vac, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 1 “to speak, say, tell, utter, announce”
प्रजापतिः prajāpatiḥ · Prajapati, lord of creatures (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: prajā-pati, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 658, col. 3 “lord of creatures, creator”
अनेन anena · by this (pronoun (masculine), instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. idam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 165, col. 2 “this, this here, referring to something near the speaker”
प्रसविष्यध्वम् prasaviṣyadhvam · you shall multiply (future, 2nd person plural) Dictionary: pra-sū, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 698, col. 1 “to procreate, beget, bring forth, obtain offspring or bear fruit, produce”
एषः eṣaḥ · this (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: etad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 231, col. 2 “this, this here, here”
वः vaḥ · your (pronoun, genitive plural) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”
अस्तु astu · let it be (imperative, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
इष्टकामधुक् iṣṭakāmadhuk · the giver of what you wish (compound, nominative singular) Dictionary: iṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 169, col. 2 “wished, desired; liked, beloved; agreeable; cherished”; kāma-duh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 272, col. 2; kāma-dugha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 272, col. 2 “yielding objects of desire like milk, yielding what one wishes”

Prajâpati. ↩

Literally, desire-milk; the cow of Indra, from which each could milk what he wished for, hence the giver of desired objects. ↩

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