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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.14.7

దివ్యం భౌమం చాన్తరీక్షం విత్తమచ్యుతనిర్మితమ్ । తత్సర్వముపయుఞ్జాన ఏతత్కుర్యాత్స్వతో బుధ: ॥ ౭ ॥
divyaṁ bhaumaṁ cāntarīkṣaṁ
[divyam bhaumam chaantareeksham]
vittam acyuta-nirmitam
[vittam achyuta-nirmitam]
tat sarvam upayuṣjāna
[tat sarvam upayushjaana]
etat kuryāt svato budhaḥ
[etat kuryaat svato budhah]
divyam — easily obtained because of rainfall from the sky bhaumam — obtained from the mines and the sea ca — and āntarīkṣam — obtained by chance vittam — all property acyuta-nirmitam — created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead tat — those things sarvam — all upayuṣjāna — utilizing (for all human society or all living beings) etat — this (maintaining body and soul together) kuryāt — one must do svataḥ — obtained of itself, without extra endeavor budhaḥ — the intelligent person.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
divyaṁ bhaumaṁ cāntarīkṣaṁ
divyam
easily obtained because of rainfall from the sky
bhaumam
obtained from the mines and the sea
ca
and
āntarīkṣam
obtained by chance
vittam acyuta-nirmitam
vittam
all property
acyuta-nirmitam
created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
tat
those things
tat sarvam upayuṣjāna
sarvam
all
upayuṣjāna
utilizing (for all human society or all living beings)
etat kuryāt svato budhaḥ
etat
this (maintaining body and soul together)
kuryāt
one must do
svataḥ
obtained of itself, without extra endeavor
budhaḥ
the intelligent person.
The natural products created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead should be utilized to maintain the bodies and souls of all living entities. The necessities of life are of three types: those produced from the sky [from rainfall], from the earth [from the mines, the seas or the fields], and from the atmosphere [that which is obtained suddenly and unexpectedly].

We living entities in different forms are all children of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed by the Lord in Bhagavad-gītā (14.4) :

sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ tāsāṁ brahma mahad-yonir ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā

“It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.” The Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, is the father of all living entities in different species and forms. One who is intelligent can see that all living entities in the 8,400,000 bodily forms are part of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are His sons. Everything within the material and spiritual worlds is the property of the Supreme Lord ( īśāvāsyam idaṁ sarvam ), and therefore everything has a relationship with Him. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says in this regard:

prāpaṣcikatayā buddhyā hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ mumukṣubhiḥ parityāgo vairāgyaṁ phalgu kathyate

“One who rejects anything without knowledge of its relationship to Kṛṣṇa is incomplete in his renunciation.” ( Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.256) Although Māyāvādī philosophers say that the material creation is false, actually it is not false; it is factual, but the idea that everything belongs to human society is false. Everything belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for everything is created by Him. All living entities, being the Lord’s sons, His eternal parts and parcels, have the right to use their father’s property by nature’s arrangement. As stated in the Upaniṣads, tena tyaktena bhuṣjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam. Everyone should be satisfied with the things allotted him by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; no one should encroach upon another’s rights or property.

In Bhagavad-gītā it is said:

annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ yajṣād bhavati parjanyo yajṣaḥ karma-samudbhavaḥ

“All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of yajṣa [sacrifice], and yajṣa is born of prescribed duties.” ( Bg. 3.14 ) When food grains are sufficiently produced, both animals and human beings can be nourished without difficulty for their maintenance. This is nature’s arrangement. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ. Everyone is acting under the influence of material nature, and only fools think they can improve upon what God has created. The householders are specifically responsible for seeing that the laws of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are maintained, without fighting between men, communities, societies or nations. Human society should properly utilize the gifts of God, especially the food grains that grow because of rain falling from the sky. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, yajṣād bhavati parjanyaḥ. So that rainfall will be regulated, humanity should perform yajṣas, sacrifices. Yajṣas were previously performed with offerings of oblations of ghee and food grains, but in this age, of course, this is no longer possible, for the production of ghee and food grains has diminished because of the sinful life of human society. However, people should take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, as recommended in the śāstras ( yajṣaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi sumedhasaḥ ). If people throughout the world take to the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and chant the easy sound vibration of the transcendental name and fame of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there will be no scarcity of rainfall; consequently food grains, fruits and flowers will be properly produced, and all the necessities of life will be easily obtained. Gṛhasthas, or householders, should take the responsibility for organizing such natural production. It is therefore said, tasyaiva hetoḥ prayateta kovidaḥ. An intelligent person should try to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness through the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, and all the necessities of life will automatically follow.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Utilizing whatever comes from the rain and sun, from the earth, or accidentally, all created by the Lord, as his wealth, the intelligent householder should perform his daily and occasional duties. Utilizing what comes from mines (bhaumam) or what is obtained suddenly without plan (antarīkṣam), which are all created by the Lord, as his wealth, without worrying, he should perform his daily and periodic duties. Svataḥ vittam means “his own wealth.”
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