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Krishna’s natureChapter 9 · The Most Confidential Knowledge
9.99.11

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 9.10

Krishna pervades and governs creation

मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृति: सूयते सचराचरम् ।

हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥ १० ॥

mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ

sūyate sa-carācaram

hetunānena kaunteya

jagad viparivartate

Translation

This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.

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Understand it

What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

Nature Works Under Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1Material nature is Kṛṣṇa’s energy. Under His direction, it produces all beings, and the world is repeatedly created and destroyed.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that Kṛṣṇa activates nature by His glance but remains detached. Living beings receive bodies according to their past deeds and desires.
  3. 3Remember that material nature cannot act without Kṛṣṇa’s direction.

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Chapter 9, The Most Confidential Knowledge: krishna pervades and governs creation.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Recognize Kṛṣṇa as the source of all.

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Key ideas in this verse

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Material nature

Material nature acts under Krishna’s supervision.

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What does BG 9.10 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to krishna’s nature?

Practice

Notice something excellent and see it as His opulence.

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The story behind it

Mahābhārata episodes and stories from the purports that shed light on this verse.

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Related verses

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BG 7.4Material and superior spiritual energiesBG 13.20Prakṛti, puruṣa and conditioningBG 9.4Krishna pervades and governs creationBG 9.5Krishna pervades and governs creationBG 11.32Krishna reveals Himself as timeBG 11.51Composure returns in Krishna’s personal presence

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