# Bhagavad Gita 3.12

**Canonical reference:** `gita.3.12`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः।
तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः ॥

## IAST

iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ
tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

the gods will give you the enjoyments you desire. And he who enjoys himself without giving them what they have given is indeed a thief.'

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