Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 10
सहयज्ञाः प्रजाः सृष्ट्वा पुरोवाच प्रजापतिः । अनेन प्रसविष्यध्वमेष वोऽस्त्विष्टकामधुक्
sahayajñāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā purovāca prajāpatiḥ | anena prasaviṣyadhvameṣa vo'stviṣṭakāmadhuk
Translation
Having first created mankind together with sacrifices, the Prajāpati said, "By this shall ye propagate; let this be to you the cow of plenty.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- sahayajñāḥ
- with sacrifice, together
- prajāḥ
- the peoples
- sṛṣṭvā
- having emanated
- purā
- formerly
- uvāca
- said
- prajāpatiḥ
- Prajāpati
- anena
- by this
- prasaviṣyadhvam
- shall propagate (ye)
- eṣa
- this
- vaḥ
- of you
- astu
- let be
- iṣṭakāmadhuk
- desired, objects, milks
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Mankind: composed of three castes. "First": at the beginning of creation. "The cow of plenty": the cow which yields all desires.