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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 9.19

Krishna as shelter, friend and source

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च ।

अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्च‍ाहमर्जुन ॥ १९ ॥

tapāmy aham ahaṁ varṣaṁ

nigṛhṇāmy utsṛjāmi ca

amṛtaṁ caiva mṛtyuś ca

sad asac cāham arjuna

Translation

O Arjuna, I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the rain. I am immortality, and I am also death personified. Both spirit and matter are in Me.

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

1Kṛṣṇa gives heat, withholds and sends rain, and is both immortality and death. Spirit and matter are in Him.
2Prabhupāda explains that these are Kṛṣṇa’s different energies. For Kṛṣṇa, there is no distinction between matter and spirit.
3Reflect on these energies to understand how one advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness sees only Kṛṣṇa in everything.

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Chapter 9, The Most Confidential Knowledge: krishna as shelter, friend and source.

Theme summary

Recognize Kṛṣṇa as the source of all.

The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.

Key ideas: bhagavān, vibhūti.

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What does BG 9.19 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to krishna’s nature?

Notice something excellent and see it as His opulence.

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