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Bhagavad Gītā 9.8

BG 9.8

प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः। भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्

prakṛitiṁ svām avaṣhṭabhya visṛijāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūta-grāmam imaṁ kṛitsnam avaśhaṁ prakṛiter vaśhāt

With the help of Nature, I again and again pour forth the whole multitude of beings, whether they will or not, for they are ruled by My will.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

Animating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless under the force of Nature.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

prakṛitim—the material energy; svām—my own; avaṣhṭabhya—presiding over; visṛijāmi—generate; punaḥ punaḥ—again and again; bhūta-grāmam—myriad forms; imam—these; kṛitsnam—all; avaśham—beyond their control; prakṛiteḥ—nature; vaśhāt—force

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 9.8, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/9.8), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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