BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:8

BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:8

prakrtim svam avastabhya
visrjami punah punah
bhuta-gramam imam krtsnam
avasam prakrter vasat

WORD FOR WORD

prakrtim--the material nature; svam--of My personal Self;
avastabhya--entering into; visrjami--I create; punah punah--again and
again; bhuta-gramam--all the cosmic manifestations; imam--these;
krtsnam--in total; avasam--automatically; prakrteh--of the force of
nature; vasat--under obligation.

TRANSLATION

The whole cosmic order is under Me. Under My will it is automatically
manifested again and again, and under My will it is annihilated at the
end.

PURPORT

This material world is the manifestation of the inferior energy of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. This has already been explained
several times. At the creation, the material energy is let loose as
the mahat-tattva, into which the Lord as His first Purusa incarnation,
Maha-Visnu, enters. He lies within the Causal Ocean and breathes out
innumerable universes, and into each universe the Lord again enters as
Garbhodakasayi Visnu. Each universe is in that way created. He still
further manifests Himself as Ksirodakasayi Visnu, and that Visnu
enters into everything--even into the minute atom. This fact is
explained here. He enters into everything.

Now, as far as the living entities are concerned, they are impregnated
into this material nature, and as a result of their past deeds they
take different positions. Thus the activities of this material world
begin. The activities of the different species of living beings are
begun from the very moment of the creation. It is not that all is
evolved. The different species of life are created immediately along
with the universe. Men, animals, beasts, birds--everything is
simultaneously created, because whatever desires the living entities
had at the last annihilation are again manifested. It is clearly
indicated here by the word avasam that the living entities have
nothing to do with this process. The state of being in their past life
in the past creation is simply manifested again, and all this is done
simply by His will. This is the inconceivable potency of the Supreme
Personality of God. And after creating different species of life, He
has no connection with them. The creation takes place to accommodate
the inclinations of the various living entities, and so the Lord does
not become involved with it.

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