Chapter 9 · The King of Knowledge

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 9.8

सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुन: पुन: भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्

sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛitiṁ yānti māmikām kalpa-kṣhaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛijāmyaham prakṛitiṁ svām avaṣhṭabhya visṛijāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūta-grāmam imaṁ kṛitsnam avaśhaṁ prakṛiter vaśhāt

Recitation · Text 9.8
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (22 words)

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Presiding over My own nature, I send forth again and again this entire host of beings — helpless, under the control of that nature. Avaśam again: the beings being created do not consent to it.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The beings being created do not consent to it — avaśam, helpless.