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Bhagavad Gita 9.8

Chapter 9, Verse 8

Part of 9: Rāja Vidyā Yogराजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग

प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः। भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्॥

Transliteration

prakṛitiṁ svām avaṣhṭabhya visṛijāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūta-grāmam imaṁ kṛitsnam avaśhaṁ prakṛiter vaśhāt

Meaning

Animating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless under the force of Nature.

Word-by-word meaning
prakṛitimthe material energysvāmmy ownavaṣhṭabhyapresiding overvisṛijāmigeneratepunaḥ punaḥagain and againbhūta-grāmammyriad formsimamthesekṛitsnamallavaśhambeyond their controlprakṛiteḥnaturevaśhātforce
Commentary

The Lord leans on, presses or embraces Nature. He invigorates and fertilises Nature which had gone to sleep at the end of the Mahakalpa or universal dissolution and projects again and again this whole multitude of beings. He gazes at each level and plane after plane comes into being. The term Prakriti denotes or indicates the five Kleshas or afflictions, viz.? Avidya (ignorance)? Asmita (egoism)? Raga (likes)? Dvesha (dislikes) and Abhinivesa (clinging to earthly life). (Cf. IV.6)

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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9, Verse 8?
Animating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless under the force of Nature.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?
This is verse 8 of Chapter 9 (Rāja Vidyā Yog — Yoga through the King of Sciences) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.