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sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiḿ yānti māmikām kalpa-kṣaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛjāmy aham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.7 O son of Kunti, at the end of the millennium all material manifestations enter into My nature, and...

prakṛtiḿ svām avaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūta-grāmam imaḿ kṛtsnam avaśaḿ prakṛter vaśāt Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.8 The whole cosmic order is under Me. Under My will it is automatically manifested again and...

na ca māḿ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaḿ teṣu karmasu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.9 O Dhananjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached from all these material activities,...

mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.10 This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, producing...

avajānanti māḿ mūḍhā mānuṣīḿ tanum āśritam paraḿ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.11 Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the...

moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vicetasaḥ rākṣasīm āsurīḿ caiva prakṛtiḿ mohinīḿ śritāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.12  Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demonic and atheistic views. In that deluded...

mahātmānas tu māḿ pārtha daivīḿ prakṛtim āśritāḥ bhajanty ananya-manaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.13 O son of Pritha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the...

satataḿ kīrtayanto māḿ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ namasyantaś ca māḿ bhaktyā nitya-yuktā upāsate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.14 Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these...

jñāna-yajñena cāpy anye yajanto mām upāsate ekatvena pṛthaktvena bahudhā viśvato-mukham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.15 Others, who engage in sacrifice by the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one...

ahaḿ kratur ahaḿ yajñaḥ svadhāham aham auṣadham mantro ’ham aham evājyam aham agnir ahaḿ hutam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.16 But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to the ancestors, the healing...