BHAGAVAD-GITA 15:13

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 15:13

 

gam avisya ca bhutani

dharayamy aham ojasa

pusnami causadhih sarvah

somo bhutva rasatmakah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

gam--the planets; avisya--entering; ca--also; bhutani--the living

entities; dharayami--sustain; aham--I; ojasa--by My energy;

pusnami--am nourishing; ca--and; ausadhih--vegetables; sarvah--all;

somah--the moon; bhutva--becoming; rasa-atmakah--supplying the juice.

 

TRANSLATION

 

I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in orbit. I

become the moon and thereby supply the juice of life to all

vegetables.

 

PURPORT

 

It is understood that all the planets are floating in the air only by

the energy of the Lord. The Lord enters into every atom, every planet,

and every living being. That is discussed in the Brahma-samhita. It is

said there that one plenary portion of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead, Paramatma, enters into the planets, the universe, the living

entity, and even into the atom. So due to His entrance, everything is

appropriately manifested. When the spirit soul is there, a living man

can float on the water, but when the living spark is out of the body

and the body is dead, the body sinks. Of course when it is decomposed

it floats just like straw and other things, but as soon as the man is

dead, he at once sinks in the water. Similarly, all these planets are

floating in space, and this is due to the entrance of the supreme

energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His energy is sustaining

each planet, just like a handful of dust. If someone holds a handful

of dust, there is no possibility of the dust's falling, but if one

throws it in the air it will fall down. Similarly, these planets,

which are floating in the air, are actually held in the fist of the

universal form of the Supreme Lord. By His strength and energy, all

moving and nonmoving things stay in their place. It is said in the

Vedic hymns that because of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the sun

is shining and the planets are steadily moving. Were it not for Him,

all the planets would scatter, like dust in air, and perish.

Similarly, it is due to the Supreme Personality of Godhead that the

moon nourishes all vegetables. Due to the moon's influence, the

vegetables become delicious. Without the moonshine, the vegetables can

neither grow nor taste succulent. Human society is working, living

comfortably and enjoying food due to the supply from the Supreme Lord.

Otherwise, mankind could not survive. The word rasatmakah is very

significant. Everything becomes palatable by the agency of the Supreme

Lord through the influence of the moon.

 

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