Sanskrit · Devanagari
इष्टान्भोगान्हि वो देवा दास्यन्ते यज्ञभाविताः। तैर्दत्तानप्रदायैभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स्तेन एव सः ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
iṣṭānbhogānhi vo devā dāsyante yajñabhāvitāḥ tairdattānapradāyaibhyo yo bhuṅkte stena eva saḥ
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882the 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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Śaṅkarācārya
।।3.12।। इष्टान् अभिप्रेतान् भोगान् हि वः युष्मभ्यं देवाः दास्यन्ते वितरिष्यन्ति स्त्रीपशुपुत्रादीन् यज्ञभाविताः यज्ञैः वर्धिताः तोषिताः इत्यर्थः। तैः देवैः दत्तान् भोगान् अप्रदाय अदत्त्वा आनृण्यमकृत्वा इत्यर्थः एभ्यः देवेभ्यः यः भुङ्क्ते स्वदेहेन्द्रियाण्येव तर्पयति स्तेन एव तस्कर एव सः देवादिस्वापहारी।।ये पुनः
48aabb1f79b0…Rāmānuja
3.12 'Pleased by the sacrifice,' i.e., propitiated by the sacrifice, the gods, who have Me as their Self, will bestow on you the enjoyments you desire. Whatever objects are desired by persons keen on attaining release, the supreme end of human endeavour, all those will be granted by gods previously worshipped through many sacrifices. That is, whatever is solicited with more and more propitiation, all those enjoyments they will bestow on you. Whoever enjoys the objects of enjoyment granted by them for the purpose of worshipping them, without giving them their due share in return - he is verily a thief. What is called 'theft' is indeed taking what belongs to another as one's own and using it for oneself, when it is really designed for the purpose of another. The purport is that such a person becomes unfit not only for the supreme end of human endeavour, but also will go down towards purgatory (Naraka). Sri Krsna expands the same:
fa1be8f173df…Swami Sivananda
3.12 इष्टान् desired? भोगान् objects? हि so? वः to you? देवाः the gods? दास्यन्ते will give? यज्ञभाविताः nourished by sacrifice? तैः by them? दत्तान् give? अप्रदाय without offering? एभ्यः to them? यः who? भुङ्क्ते enjoys? स्तेनः thief? एव verily? सः he.Commentary When the gods are pleased with you sacrifices? they will bestow on you all the desired objects such as children? cattle? property? etc. He who enjoys what has been given to him by the gods? i.e.? he who gratifies the cravings of his own body and the senses without offering anything to the gods in return is a veritable thief. He is really a dacoit of the property of the gods.
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