Gita Verse 3.10

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 10

Sanskrit Verse

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 meanings

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

The Creator, having in the beginning created mankind together with sacrifice, said, “By this shall you propagate; let this be the milch cow of your desires—the cow that yields all the desired objects.”

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 3