Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.14
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 3.14 · 3 · Verse 14
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।।3.14।।हेत्वन्तरमाह अन्नादिति। यज्ञः पर्जन्यत्वात्तत्कारणमुच्यते। पूर्वयज्ञविवक्षायां तस्य चक्रप्रवेशो न भवति तद्व्यापाद्यं कर्मविधये। न तु साम्यमात्रेणेदानीं कार्यम्। मेघचक्राभिमानी पर्जन्यः। तच्च यज्ञाद्भवति।अग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिः सम्यगादित्यमुपतिष्ठति। आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजाः 3।76 इति (मनु) स्मृतेश्च। उभयवचनाच्चादित्यात्समुद्राच्चाविरोधः। अतश्च यज्ञात्पर्जन्योद्भवः सम्भवति। यज्ञो देवतामुद्दिश्य द्रव्यपरित्यागः। कर्म इतरक्रिया।
He gives another causal statement: ‘From food…’ Yajña is called so from its relation to Parjanya (the rain‑giver); that is its cause. In discussions of earlier sacrifices the entrance of the wheel (cycle) is not declared, because that would concern the method of action, not mere equivalence. Parjanya thinks himself the cloud‑wheel, and rain arises from that yajña. In Agni the first oblation is rightly placed, and from the sun arises rain, from rain food, and from that the beings (Manu 3.76). Both expressions (Agni and Aditya) do not contradict the sea. Hence Parjanya is produced from yajña. Yajña, directed to the deity, is renunciation of possessions; karmas are other actions.