अन्नात् भवन्ति भूतानि पर्जन्यात् अन्न सम्भवः ।
यज्ञात् भवति पर्जन्यः यज्ञः कर्म समुद्भवः ॥ ३.१४ ॥
ಅನ್ನಾತ್ ಭವಂತಿ ಭೂತಾನಿ ಪರ್ಜನ್ಯಾತ್ ಅನ್ನ ಸಂಭವಃ |
ಯಜ್ಞಾತ್ ಭವತಿ ಪರ್ಜನ್ಯಃ ಯಜ್ಞಃ ಕರ್ಮ ಸಮುದ್ಭವಃ || ೩.೧೪ ||
annAt bhavaMti bhUtAni parjanyAt anna saMbhavaH |
yaj~jAt bhavati parjanyaH yaj~jaH karma samudbhavaH || 3.14 ||
Living entities come into being from food; Food is produced from rainfall (presided over by the deity of clouds, called Parjanya); Rainfall occurs from the performance of yajna; Yajna is a product of performing prescribed duties.