Gita 7.6

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achintya, Aravind Mohanram <psuaravind>

wrote:

> In Gita 7.6, Krishna says, He is both the origin and dissolution

of both material and spiritual in this world. How can anything

spiritual be dissolved. In the purport, Prabhupada does not seem to

address this point, but rather, he explains how the matter gets

active due to spirit. Can someone throw light on the purport of this

verse?

>

> "Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world,

know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. "

>

> in your service,

> Aravind.

>

>

 

Hare Krishna

 

The two nature talked about are material and spiritual natures or

energies of Sri Krishna as mentioned in 7.4-5.

 

Now the key to the answer to your question is "jagatah--of the

world" in the verse above. Actually both material energy and

spiritual energy of Sri Krishna are eternal. Material world

dissolves into Maha Vishnu at the end of Brahmas life. Upanisads

describe the process in which material energy is re-absorbed into

Maha Vishnu[Narayana]. When the material world is dissolved the

spiritual engergy manifested in form of baddha jivatmas in this world

[recall use of word jagatah] are also re absorbed into mahavishnu.

Here dissolution doesn't means destruction but rather it means

destruction of manifestations of these two energies. Neither

material energy nor spiritual energy is destroyed because they both

are eternal. Rather they are both made "unmanifest" by Maha Vishnu

who absorbs them back into himself. Only the spirits manifested in

this world[recall word jagatah used in teh verse] suffer this fate

and not mukta jivatma in Vaikuntha.

 

 

Your Servant Always

Sumeet.