Bhagavad Gita · Verse 9.8

Chapter 9: Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga (राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोगः)

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श्रीभगवानुवाच

(The Supreme Lord said)

प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः । भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात् ॥८॥

prakṛtiṃ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ | bhūtagrāmamimaṃ kṛtsnamavaśaṃ prakṛtervaśāt ||8||

Complete Shloka Translation

Presiding over My own nature, I repeatedly bring forth this entire multitude of beings, which is helpless under nature's power.

Narrative Context: Nature's power over beings in repeated manifestation.

8 words

Sanskrit Term (पद)	IAST Roman	English Meaning
भूतग्रामम्	bhūtagrāmam	multitude of beings
प्रकृतेर्वशात्	prakṛtervaśāt	under nature's power
प्रकृतिं	prakṛtiṃ	[term] in context of Presiding over My own nature, ...
स्वामवष्टभ्य	svāmavaṣṭabhya	[term] in context of Presiding over My own nature, ...
विसृजामि	visṛjāmi	[term] in context of Presiding over My own nature, ...
पुनः	punaḥ	[term] in context of Presiding over My own nature, ...
भूतग्राममिमं	bhūtagrāmamimaṃ	[term] in context of Presiding over My own nature, ...
कृत्स्नमवशं	kṛtsnamavaśaṃ	[term] in context of Presiding over My own nature, ...

भूतग्रामम्bhūtagrāmam

multitude of beings

प्रकृतेर्वशात्prakṛtervaśāt

under nature's power

प्रकृतिंprakṛtiṃ