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The mutual nourishment of gods and mortals

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

Fostered by sacrifice the gods shall give you desired enjoyments; who enjoys their given enjoyments and has not given to them, he is a thief.

Gītā 3·12

From The Experiential Architecture · After Sri Aurobindo’s Essays on the Gita · incarnateword.in