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Chapter 3 · Verse 10 · Karma Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 3.10

devotional Karma & Action Dharma & Duty Bhakti & Devotion

Sanskrit

सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः। अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।3.10।।

Transliteration

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

Word by Word

saha along with
yajñāḥ sacrifices
prajāḥ humankind
sṛiṣhṭvā created
purā in beginning
uvācha said
prajā-patiḥ Brahma
anena by this
prasaviṣhyadhvam increase prosperity
eṣhaḥ these
vaḥ your
astu shall be
iṣhṭa-kāma-dhuk bestower of all wishes
Simplified Perspective

In the beginning, Brahma—the creative force itself—established humanity within a sacred covenant: that our actions become offerings, our work becomes worship, and through this union of duty and devotion, the universe itself sustains us. The Divine does not command passivity; rather, it invites us into co-creation, where every honest effort ripples outward as blessing.

When you work without grasping at results, offering each deed as yajna to something larger than yourself, you become a channel through which abundance flows naturally to all beings, including yourself.

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Bhagavad Gita 3.10 — BG 3.10

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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