Chapter 9 Shloka 10

मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृति: सूयते सचराचरम्।

हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद् विपरिवर्तते।।१०।।

O Arjuna! Presided over by Me, 

Prakriti creates the entire world

of moving and immobile objects

and this cycle of the universe continues

 to revolve because of My Prakriti.

Chapter 9 Shloka 10

मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृति: सूयते सचराचरम्।

हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद् विपरिवर्तते।।१०।।

Further clarifying His earlier explanation, Bhagwan says:

O Arjuna! Presided over by Me, Prakriti creates the entire world of moving and immobile objects and this cycle of the universe continues to revolve because of My Prakriti.

The Lord states here that the universe is based on the Truth – on That Supreme, Indestructible Essence.

a) Prakriti creates this entire animate and inanimate world under the authority of Brahm.

b) All qualities lie inherent in the nature of That Indestructible Essence.

c) This entire creation can be said to take place in the presence of That Supreme One.

d) That Supreme One fills life into the seeds of action.

e) It is the three-pronged energy of the Supreme that fills varied qualities into all.

f) That Indestructible Brahm is the support of the world cycle.

g) This cycle of the world moves spontaneously.

h) Prakriti continues to create everything without any external stimuli.

i)  The threefold energy of the Supreme automatically fills attributes into each one.

Just think Kamla Bhabhi!

1. You do not know the essence of action;

2. You do not recognise the continuity of relationships;

3. You cannot fathom the accumulation of seeds;

4. You do not understand the crux of names and forms.

As soon as the body dies, its thought processes merge into That Unmanifest Essence. You are ignorant of what happens thereafter and how. Then the body is reborn. How does it sprout? In which home will it take birth? When is it reborn? What is its purpose? You do not know all these things. Why did it receive all that it has? Why was it bereft of all that it did not receive? Why does one acquire certain relationships, relatives and friends? Which fruits of which actions will accrue to a person? Why does all this happen – you are ignorant. Then why do you unnecessarily become attached? Why this futile pride? Why take pride in the body which is not your creation? Why be proud of a situation which is not of your making?

Life’s meetings and partings are not in your hand. Nor can you control or ensure another’s company. In fact, the innate tendency of the body is to proceed towards death. It is only the Atma that is indivisible and eternal. This means that your body is not your permanent companion. Everything transpires under the authority of That Supreme One, and with the support of His Prakriti, enacted through the energy of the three basic gunas. Therefore, renounce all attachment with this interplay of the gunas of Prakriti and witness it all from afar. Why invite the cycle of sorrow and joy by attaching yourself to the play of the gunas? Relinquish attachment with these and become the epitome of joy.

Little one, the Lord has specified here that all happens with His authority – yet He Himself does naught. One could say that He is a mere witness. Actually the triad of seeing, the seen and the witness all combine in Him as one. Yet, it could also be said that since all these injunctions apply to the physical body, they do not pertain to the Lord. The description given here is only from the point of view of a human being.

Little one, understand this carefully. That Epitome of Knowledge possesses knowledge in its entirety, yet He Himself knows not what He knows. The knowledge flows forth from him in response to a questioner’s query. Similarly, the Atma in essence is ever silent. One who performs action receives the fruits of his actions from the Atma, spontaneously and automatically.