BG - 3.10

सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः। अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्।।3.10।।

saha-yajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛiṣhṭvā purovācha prajāpatiḥ anena prasaviṣhyadhvam eṣha vo ’stviṣhṭa-kāma-dhuk

• 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

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."

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