BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:6

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:6

 

etad-yonini bhutani

sarvanity upadharaya

aham krtsnas ya jagatah

prabhavah pralayas tatha

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

etat--these two natures; yonini--whose source of birth;

bhuta-ni--everything created; sarvani--all; iti--thus;

upadharaya--know; aham--I; krtsnasya--all-inclusive; jagatah--of the

world; prabhavah--the source of manifestation; pralayah--annihilation;

tatha--as well as.

 

TRANSLATION

 

All created beings have their source in these two natures. Of all that

is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain

that I am both the origin and the dissolution.

 

PURPORT

 

Everything that exists is a product of matter and spirit. Spirit is

the basic field of creation, and matter is created by spirit. Spirit

is not created at a certain stage of material development. Rather,

this material world is manifested only on the basis of spiritual

energy. This material body is developed because spirit is present

within matter; a child grows gradually to boyhood and then to manhood

because that superior energy, spirit soul, is present. Similarly, the

entire cosmic manifestation of the gigantic universe is developed

because of the presence of the Supersoul, Visnu. Therefore spirit and

matter, which combine to manifest this gigantic universal form, are

originally two energies of the Lord, and consequently the Lord is the

original cause of everything. A fragmental part and parcel of the

Lord, namely the living entity, may be the cause of a big skyscraper,

a big factory, or even a big city, but he cannot be the cause of a big

universe. The cause of the big universe is the big soul, or the

Supersoul. And Krsna, the Supreme, is the cause of both the big and

small souls. Therefore He is the original cause of all causes. This is

confirmed in the Katha Upanisad (2.2.13). Nityo nityanam cetanas

cetananam.

 

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