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Bhagavad Gītā 3.11

BG 3.11

देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः। परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ

devān bhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ parasparaṁ bhāvayantaḥ śhreyaḥ param avāpsyatha

Worship the powers of Nature, and let them nourish you in return; thus, supporting each other, you shall attain your highest welfare.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

With this, nourish the gods, and may the gods nourish you; thus, nourishing each other, you shall attain the highest good.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

devān—celestial gods; bhāvayatā—will be pleased; anena—by these (sacrifices); te—those; devāḥ—celestial gods; bhāvayantu—will be pleased; vaḥ—you; parasparam—one another; bhāvayantaḥ—pleasing one another; śhreyaḥ—prosperity; param—the supreme; avāpsyatha—shall achieve

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 3.11, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/3.11), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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Dataset: Unlicense (public domain dedication). Translations: see per-translation licence.

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