BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:10

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:10

 

bijam mam sarva-bhutanam

viddhi partha sanatanam

buddhir buddhimatam asmi

tejas tejasvinam aham

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

bijam--the seed; mam--Me; sarva-bhutanam--of all living entities;

viddhi--try to understand; partha--O son of Prtha;

sanatanam--original, eternal; buddhih--intelligence; buddhi-matam--of

the intelligent; asmi--I am; tejah--prowess; tejasvinam--of the

powerful; aham--I am.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O son of Prtha, know that I am the original seed of all existences,

the intelligence of the intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful

men.

 

PURPORT

 

Bijam means seed; Krsna is the seed of everything. There are various

living entities, movable and inert. Birds, beasts, men and many other

living creatures are moving living entities; trees and plants,

however, are inert--they cannot move, but only stand. Every entity is

contained within the scope of 8,400,000 species of life; some of them

are moving and some of them are inert. In all cases, however, the seed

of their life is Krsna. As stated in Vedic literature, Brahman, or the

Supreme Absolute Truth, is that from which everything is emanating.

Krsna is Parabrahman, the Supreme Spirit. Brahman is impersonal and

Parabrahman is personal. Impersonal Brahman is situated in the

personal aspect--that is stated in Bhagavad-gita. Therefore,

originally, Krsna is the source of everything. He is the root. As the

root of a tree maintains the whole tree, Krsna, being the original

root of all things, maintains everything in this material

manifestation. This is also confirmed in the Vedic literature (Katha

Upanisad 2.2.13):

 

nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam

eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman

 

He is the prime eternal among all eternals. He is the supreme living

entity of all living entities, and He alone is maintaining all life.

One cannot do anything without intelligence, and Krsna also says that

He is the root of all intelligence. Unless a person is intelligent he

cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.

 

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