Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3/Verse 11

Chapter 3/Verse 11

देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः ।
परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ ॥३- ११॥

devānbhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ ।
parasparaṃ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ paramavāpsyatha ॥3- 11॥

By this you must cause the gods to be; they, the gods, must cause you to be. Causing each other to be, you shall attain the highest bliss. 

Word-for-word translations

devān (masculine, accusative, plural) = the gods

bhāvayata (causative imperative, 2nd person, plural) = you must cause to be

anena (demonstrative pronoun, masculine, instrumental, singular) = by this

te (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, plural) = they

devās (masculine, nominative, plural) = the gods

bhāvayantu (causative, imperative, 3rd person, plural) = they must cause to be

vas (pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, plural) = you

parasparam (adverb) (indeclinable) = each other

bhāvayantas (causative, present participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = causing to be

śreyas (neuter, accusative, singular) = bliss

param (neuter, accusative, singular) = highest 

avāpsyatha (future tense, 2nd person, plural) = you shall attain