अन्नाद्भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यादन्नसम्भवः ।यज्ञाद्भवति पर्जन्यो यज्ञः कर्मसमुद्भवः ॥
annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād annasambhavaḥ |yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karmasamudbhavaḥ ||
- अन्नात् · annāt
- from food
- भवन्ति · bhavanti
- come into being
- भूतानि · bhūtāni
- beings
- पर्जन्यात् · parjanyāt
- from rain
- अन्नसम्भवः · annasambhavaḥ
- the coming-forth of food
- यज्ञात् · yajñāt
- from sacrifice
- भवति · bhavati
- comes, arises
- पर्जन्यः · parjanyaḥ
- rain
- यज्ञः · yajñaḥ
- sacrifice
- कर्मसमुद्भवः · karmasamudbhavaḥ
- arising from action
“From food beings come forth; from rain comes the growth of food; from sacrifice comes rain; and sacrifice arises from action.”
— Original plain-language translation
The famous chain links dinner-table ecology to ritual and back: food, rain, sacrifice, work. Human action and cosmic weather are one circulation, and the next verse traces the chain one link further to Brahman. Nothing stands alone; everything feeds everything.
— Reader's notes (original)