BG 9.8 RAJKOT 2008.10.24
Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya (3)
prakṛtiḿsvāmavaṣṭabhya
visṛjāmipunaḥpunaḥ
bhūta-grāmamimaḿkṛtsnam
avaśaḿ prakṛter vaśāt
prakṛtim — the material nature; svām — of My personal Self; avaṣṭabhya — entering into; visṛjāmi — I create; punaḥpunaḥ — again and again; bhūta-grāmam — all the cosmic manifestations; imam — these; kṛtsnam — in total; avaśam — automatically; prakṛteḥ — of the force of nature; vaśāt — under obligation.
Translation by Srila Prabhupad. Srila prabhupada ki Jai.
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.
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 by Srila Prabhupad. Srila Prabhupad ki jai. Please hear me.
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 Puruṣa incarnation, Mahā-Viṣṇu, enters. He lies within the Causal Ocean and breathes out innumerable universes, and into each universe the Lord again enters as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Each universe is in that way created. He still further manifests Himself as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and that Viṣṇu 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 avaśam 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.
The whole thing is explained. Read again the verse.
This is Prabhupad’s way you know. In two paragraphs the whole creation is given.
prakṛtiḿsvāmavaṣṭabhya
visṛjāmipunaḥpunaḥ
bhūta-grāmamimaḿkṛtsnam
avaśaḿ prakṛter vaśāt
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.
And the whole creation is described. Read, read again. Read the 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 Puruṣa incarnation, Mahā-Viṣṇu, enters. He lies within the Causal Ocean and breathes out innumerable universes, and into each universe the Lord again enters as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. Each universe is in that way created. He still further manifests Himself as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and that Viṣṇu 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 avaśam 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.
Inferior, this you have to remember. This material world is inferior energy. What is that verse, is it 7th chapter?
apareyam itas tv anyāḿ
prakṛtiḿviddhi me parām
jīva-bhūtāḿmahā-bāho
yayedaḿ dhāryatejagat
look in the index apareyam itas tv anyāḿ, what is the number? 7.5. see 7.4.
bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ
khaḿmano buddhir evaca
ahańkāra itīyaḿ me
bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā
Read the translation.
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego — all together these eight constitute My separated material energies.
7.5 read the translation.
Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature.
In 7.4 it is clearly mentioned that bhūmi, āpo, analo, vāyu, kham, mano, buddhir, ahańkāra, all these eight things they are inferior prakrti. In that budhi, mind, intelligence everything is included. They all belong to inferior energy. The other day we have done in Bhagavatam in Bhagavatam class that they are all created in the mode of ignorance, egoistic attitude, false ego is the reason and ego gives rise to the sound. And from sound the sky appears. Sound is the subtle element, sky is the …then touch the touching sensation is there and the gross manifestation is wind.