Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 10 (9.10)
Reflective Prompt:
How do you typically respond when you see greatness or divinity hidden under simple or ordinary human appearances?
- ▪ Option 1: Dismiss or overlook it, focusing only on superficial flaws or expectations.
- ▪ Option 2: Look deeper to appreciate the inner qualities and value the divine spark.
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 10 (9.10)
मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् । हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते | | ९-१० | |
mayādhyakṣheṇa prakṛitiḥ sūyate sacharācharam hetunānena kaunteya jagadviparivartate
Word-by-word guide:
Line 1:
- माम्
(mam)— मुझको(Me) -
yjoined in mayādhyakṣheṇa - अध्यक्षेण
(adhyakshena)— अध्यक्षता में(under supervision) - प्रकृतिः
(prakritih)— प्रकृति(nature) - सूयते
(suyate)— उत्पन्न करती है(produces) - सचराचरम्
(sa-characharam)— चर और अचर सहित(moving and unmoving)
Line 2:
- हेतुना
(hetuna)— कारण से(by the cause) - अनेन
(anena)— इस(this) - कौन्तेय
(Kaunteya)— हे कौन्तेय अर्जुन(O Arjuna) - जगत्
(jagat)— जगत(world) - विपरिवर्तते
(viparivartate)— घूमता और बदलता है(revolves and changes)
English: Under my guidance, Nature produces all things movable and immovable. Thus it is, Arjuna, that this universe revolves.
Learnings from Shloka 10:
- Creation moves in cycles:: Beings return to Krishna's nature and arise again at the beginning of a new cycle.
- Nature is the instrument:: Prakriti produces forms, but it works under Krishna's supervision.
- God remains unattached:: Krishna sustains cosmic action without being bound by it.
- Karma Yoga mirrors this truth:: We can learn to act fully while becoming less bound by ego and attachment.
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Under the presidency of the Supreme, material nature (Prakriti) produces both the moving and non-moving creation. This oversight is what keeps the universe running in an orderly cycle.
### Shlokas 11-15 **Condemnation of demoniacal men who despise God, and the method of Bhajana of divine-natured people.**