Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 9 · Verse 8

Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga 9, verse 8

രാജവിദ്യാരാജഗുഹ്യയോഗം

Bhagavad Gita · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga 9 · Verse 8 Verified original

प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्

പ്രകൃതിം സ്വാമവഷ്ടഭ്യ വിസൃജാമി പുനഃ പുനഃ ഭൂതഗ്രാമമിമം കൃത്സ്നമവശം പ്രകൃതേര്‍വ്വശാത്

prakṛtiṃ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūtagrāmamimaṃ kṛtsnamavaśaṃ prakṛtervaśāt

English Translation

Keeping My own prakrti under control, I project forth again and again the whole of this multitude of beings which are powerless owing to the influence of (their own) nature.

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Explanation · English

The Lord leans on? presses or embraces Nature. He invigorates and fertilises Nature which had gone to sleep at the end of the Mahakalpa or universal dissolution and projects again and again this whole multitude of beings. He gazes at each level and plane after plane comes into being.The term Prakriti denotes or indicates the five Kleshas or afflictions? viz.? Avidya (ignorance)? Asmita (egoism)? Raga (likes)? Dvesha (dislikes) and Abhinivesa (clinging to earthly life). (Cf.IV.6)

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