Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3/Verse 12

Chapter 3/Verse 12

इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः ।

तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः ॥३- १२॥

iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ ।

tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ ॥3- 12॥

The devotion produced gods will indeed give wished pleasures to you. With these [wished pleasures] one who enjoys not giving gifts to them [the gods], indeed, one is a thief. 

Word-for-word translations


iṣṭān (past passive participle) (adjective) (masculine, accusative, plural) = wished 


bhogān (masculine, accusative, plural) = pleasures 


hi (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed


vas (pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural) = to you


devās (masculine, nominative, plural) = the gods


dāsyante (future tense, 3rd person, plural) = they will give 


yajñabhāvitās (yajña + bhāvitās) (compound) (past passive participle) (adjective) (masculine, nominative, plural) = devotion produced


tais (pronoun, 3rd person, instrumental, plural) = with these

dattān (masculine, accusative, plural) = gifts


apradāya (gerund) (indeclinable) = not giving 


ebhyas (pronoun, masculine, dative, plural) = to them 


yas (relative pronoun, 3rd person, singular)  = one who


bhuṅkte (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = one enjoys


stenas (masculine, nominative, singular) = thief


eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed


sas (pronoun, masculine, 3rd person, singular) = one



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