Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 11
देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः । परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ
devānbhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ | parasparaṃ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ paramavāpsyatha
Translation
With this do ye nourish the Gods, and the Gods shall nourish you: thus nourishing one another, ye shall attain the supreme good.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- devān
- the Gods
- bhāvayata
- nourish (ye)
- anena
- by this
- te
- those
- devāḥ
- Gods
- bhāvayantu
- may nourish
- vaḥ
- you
- parasparam
- each other
- bhāvayantaḥ
- nourishing
- śreyaḥ
- good
- param
- the highest
- avāpsyatha
- (ye) shall obtain
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
"By this sacrifice ye nourish the Gods such as Indra. The Gods shall nourish you with rain, etc." 'The supreme good' is the attainment of the knowledge of Brahman in due course. Or, the 'supreme good' may mean 'svarga.'