BHAGAVAD-GITA 13:27

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 13:27

 

yavat sanjayate kincit

sattvam sthavara-jangamam

ksetra-ksetrajna-samyogat

tad viddhi bharatarsabha

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

yavat--whatever; sanjayate--comes into being; kincit--anything;

sattvam--existence; sthavara--not moving; jangamam--moving; ksetra--of

the body; ksetra-jna--and the knower of the body; samyogat--by the

union between; tat viddhi--you must know it; bharata-rsabha--O chief

of the Bharatas.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O chief of the Bharatas, know that whatever you see in existence, both

the moving and the nonmoving, is only a combination of the field of

activities and the knower of the field.

 

PURPORT

 

Both material nature and the living entity, which were existing before

the creation of the cosmos, are explained in this verse. Whatever is

created is but a combination of the living entity and material nature.

There are many manifestations like trees, mountains and hills which

are not moving, and there are many existences which are moving, and

all of them are but combinations of material nature and the superior

nature, the living entity. Without the touch of the superior nature,

the living entity, nothing can grow. The relationship between matter

and nature is eternally going on, and this combination is effected by

the Supreme Lord; therefore He is the controller of both the superior

and inferior natures. The material nature is created by Him, and the

superior nature is placed in this material nature, and thus all these

activities and manifestations take place.

 

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