Bhagavad Gita 9.8 meaningThe open secret
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Again and again, I let the world bloom.”
What it means
“Working through my own nature, I bring forth all these beings again and again, carried along by the force of nature.”
The original Sanskrit
प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः । भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात् ॥
prakṛtiṃ svāmavaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūtagrāmamimaṃ kṛtsnamavaśaṃ prakṛtervaśāt
Translations
Literal translation
Keeping My own prakrti under control, I project forth again and again the whole of this multitude of beings which are powerless owing to the influence of (their own) nature.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
प्रकृति को अपने वश में करके (अर्थात् उसे चेतनता प्रदान कर) स्वभाव के वश से परतन्त्र (अवश) हुए इस सम्पूर्ण भूत समुदाय को मैं पुन:-पुन: रचता हूँ।
Swami Tejomayananda
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