Chapter 9 · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga - The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal SecretKrishna
Verse 8
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 9, श्लोक 8
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।
भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्॥८॥
Transliteration
Prakritim Svam-Avashtabhya Visrijami Punah Punah.
Bhuta-Gramam-Imam Kritsnam-Avasham Prakriter-Vashat.||8||
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
प्रकृतिम्prakritimnature
स्वाम्svamMy own
अवष्टभ्यavashtabhyapresiding over/animating
विसृजामिvisrijamiI create/project
पुनः पुनःpunah punahagain and again
भूतग्रामम्bhuta-gramamthe multitude of beings
इमम्imamthis
कृत्स्नम्kritsnamentire
अवशम्avashamhelpless
प्रकृतेःprakritehof Prakriti
वशात्vashatunder the control
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
अपनी प्रकृति को अधिष्ठान बनाकर (उसमें प्रवेश करके) मैं इस सम्पूर्ण भूतसमुदाय को — जो प्रकृति के वश में विवश है — बार-बार रचता हूँ।
English Translation
Presiding over My own Prakriti (material nature), I project forth again and again this entire multitude of beings, who are helpless under the sway of Prakriti.
Commentary (टीका)
This verse reveals that creation is not a random or one-time event. God animates His own Prakriti and through it creates the countless beings who come into existence governed by their karmas and the gunas of nature. The word 'avasham' (helpless) refers to the conditioned souls who are bound by their past actions and the laws of nature.