Chapter 9, Verse 8
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः। भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्।।9.8।।
prakṛtiṃ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ. bhūtagrāmamimaṃ kṛtsnamavaśaṃ prakṛtervaśāt.।9.8।.
Word by word
- प्रकृतिम्
- nature (my own material nature)
- स्वाम्
- my own
- अवष्टभ्य
- having taken control of / relying upon
- विसृजामि
- I send forth / create
- पुनः पुनः
- again and again
- भूतग्रामम्
- the multitude of beings
- इमम्
- this
- कृत्स्नम्
- entire / whole
- अवशम्
- helpless / powerless (having no control)
- प्रकृतेः
- of nature
- वशात्
- due to the force/control of
Commentary
8. Resorting to My Praknti, I again and again send forth the whole multitude of, beings, powerless under the control of the Prakriti.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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प्रकृतिम्
स्वाम्
अवष्टभ्य
विसृजामि
पुनः पुनः
भूतग्रामम्
इमम्
कृत्स्नम्
अवशम्
प्रकृतेः
वशात्
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