BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:10

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:10

 

ma yadh yaksena prakrtih

su yate sa-caracaram

hetunanena kaunte ya

jagad viparivartate

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

maya--by Me; adhyaksena--by superintendence: prakrtih--material

nature; suyate--manifests; sa--both; cara-acaram the moving and the

nonmoving; hetuna--for the reason; anena--this; kaunteya--O son of

Kunti; jagat--the cosmic manifestation; viparivartate--is working.

 

TRANSLATION

 

This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My

direction, O son of Kunti, producing all moving and nonmoving beings.

Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and

again.

 

PURPORT

 

It is clearly stated here that the Supreme Lord, although aloof from

all the activities of the material world, remains the supreme

director. The Supreme Lord is the supreme will and the background of

this material manifestation, but the management is being conducted by

material nature. Krsna also states in Bhagavad-gita that of all of the

living entities in different forms and species, "I am the father." The

father gives seeds to the womb of the mother for the child, and

similarly the Supreme Lord by His mere glance injects all the living

entities into the womb of material nature, and they come out in their

different forms and species, according to their last desires and

activities. All these living entities, although born under the glance

of the Supreme Lord, take their different bodies according to their

past deeds and desires. So the Lord is not directly attached to this

material creation. He simply glances over material nature; material

nature is thus activated, and everything is created immediately.

Because He glances over material nature, there is undoubtedly activity

on the part of the Supreme Lord, but He has nothing to do with the

manifestation of the material world directly. This example is given in

the smrti: when there is a fragrant flower before someone, the

fragrance is touched by the smelling power of the person, yet the

smelling and the flower are detached from one another. There is a

similar connection between the material world and the Supreme

Personality of Godhead; actually He has nothing to do with this

material world, but He creates by His glance and ordains. In summary,

material nature, without the superintendence of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, cannot do anything. Yet the Supreme

Personality is detached from all material activities.

 

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