BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:6

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:6

 

yathakasa-sthito nit yam

vayuh sarvatra-go mahan

tatha sarvani bhutani

mat-sthan ity upadhara ya

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

yatha- just as; akasa-sthitah--situated in the sky; nityam--always;

vayuh--the wind; sarvatra-gah--blowing everywhere; mahan--great;

tatha--similarly; sarvani bhutani--all created beings;

mat-sthani--situated in Me; iti--thus; upadharaya--try to understand.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Understand that as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, rests always

in the sky, all created beings rest in Me.

 

PURPORT

 

For the ordinary person it is almost inconceivable how the huge

material creation is resting in Him. But the Lord is giving an example

which may help us to understand. The sky may be the biggest

manifestation we can conceive. And in that sky the wind or air is the

biggest manifestation in the cosmic world. The movement of the air

influences the movements of everything. But although the wind is

great, it is still situated within the sky; the wind is not beyond the

sky. Similarly, all the wonderful cosmic manifestations are existing

by the supreme will of God, and all of them are subordinate to that

supreme will. As we generally say, not a blade of grass moves without

the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus everything is

moving under His will: by His will everything is being created,

everything is being maintained, and everything is being annihilated.

Still He is aloof from everything, as the sky is always aloof from the

activities of the wind.

 

In the Upanisads it is stated, yad-bhisa vatah pavate: "It is out of

the fear of the Supreme Lord that the wind is blowing." (Taittiriya

Upanisad 2.8.1) In the Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad (3.8.9) it is stated,

etasya va aksarasya prasasane gargi surya-candramasau vidhrtau

tisthata etasya va aksarasya prasasane gargidyav-aprthivyau vidhrtau

tisthatah. "By the supreme order, under the superintendence of the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, the moon, the sun, and the other great

planets are moving." In the Brahma-samhita (5.52) also it is stated,

 

yac-caksur esa savita sakala-grahanam

raja samasta-sura-murtir asesa-tejah

yas yajnaya bhramati sambhrta-kala-cakro

govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

 

This is a description of the movement of the sun. It is said that the

sun is considered to be one of the eyes of the Supreme Lord and that

it has immense potency to diffuse heat and light. Still it is moving

in its prescribed orbit by the order and the supreme will of Govinda.

So, from the Vedic literature we can find evidence that this material

manifestation, which appears to us to be very wonderful and great, is

under the complete control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This

will be further explained in the later verses of this chapter.

 

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