bhargavasarma {nirikhi krishna bhagavan}

Ø parJanyaH paavanō~nilaH..... Parjanya means Cloud that releases rain/rainfall. Rain/Rainfall is required for sustenance of living beings, for production of food grains, for vegetation etc... In spiritual terms Parjanya is referred to the rain personified God. In Bhagawad Gita - Karma Yoga (3.14) Lord Sri Krishna says.... annād bhavanti bhūtāni parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ yajñād bhavati parjanyo yajñaḥ karma-samudbhavaḥ (BG 3.14) From food are born the creatures; from rain does food become possible. By sacrificial act do the rains come to be and the sacrifice comes about from action; Clouds (ParJanya) are the generating force for the rains which, in turn are born out of sacrifice (Yagyna). When sacrificial oblations are offered in fire in the prescribed manner, it reaches the Sun; from the Sun the rains are produced, food from the rains and thereafter the creatures”, thus, speak the scriptures; For giving birth to vegetation etc. the clouds are known as PARJANY...