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Chapter 15. The Yoga of the Supreme Person

TEXT 13

 

gam avisya ca bhutani

dharayamy aham ojasa

pusnami causadhih sarvah

somo bhutva rasatmakah

 

SYNONYMS

 

gam--the planets; avisya--entering; ca--also; bhutani--living entities; dharayami--sustaining; aham--I; ojasa--by My energy; pusnami--nourishing; ca--and; ausadhih--all 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, it 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