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Nature & guṇasChapter 7 · Knowledge of the Absolute
7.57.7

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 7.6

Material and superior spiritual energies

एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय ।

अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगत: प्रभव: प्रलयस्तथा ॥ ६ ॥

etad-yonīni bhūtāni

sarvāṇīty upadhāraya

ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ

prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā

Translation

All created beings have their source in these two natures. Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution.

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Kṛṣṇa Is the Original Cause

  1. 1All created beings come from the two natures. Kṛṣṇa is the origin and dissolution of everything material and spiritual.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that matter depends on spirit. Both are the Lord’s energies, so Kṛṣṇa is the original cause of everything.
  3. 3Recognize Kṛṣṇa as the source of both the individual soul and the Supersoul.

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Chapter 7, Knowledge of the Absolute: material and superior spiritual energies.

What it teaches

Theme summary

The modes of nature condition behavior.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Key ideas: prakṛti, guṇa.

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What does BG 7.6 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to nature & guṇas?

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