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Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 15.13

Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 15.13 · 15 · Verse 13

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Sanskrit Original

।।15.13।। -- गां पृथिवीम् आविश्य प्रविश्य धारयामि भूतानि जगत् अहम् ओजसा बलेन यत् बलं कामरागविवर्जितम् ऐश्वरं रूपं जगद्विधारणाय पृथिव्याम् आविष्टं येन पृथिवी गुर्वी न अधः पतति न विदीर्यते च। तथा च मन्त्रवर्णः -- येन द्यौरुग्रा पृथिवी च दृढा (तै0 सं0 4।1।8) इति? स दाधार पृथिवीम् (तै0 सं0 4।1।8) इत्यादिश्च। अतः गामाविश्य च भूतानि चराचराणि धारयामि इति युक्तमुक्तम्। किं च? पृथिव्यां जाताः ओषधीः सर्वाः व्रीहियवाद्याः पुष्णामि पुष्टिमतीः रसस्वादुमतीश्च करोमि सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः सोमः सन् रसात्मकः रसस्वभावः। सर्वरसानाम् आकरः सोमः। स हि सर्वरसात्मकः सर्वाः ओषधीः स्वात्मरसान् अनुप्रवेशयन् पुष्णाति।।किं च --,

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15.13 Ca, and; avisya, entering; gam, the earth; aham, I; dharayami, sustain; bhutani, the beings, the world; ojasa, through (My) power, the power that belongs to God and is free from passing and attachment, (and) which has penetrated the earth to support it, and owing to which the heavy earth does not fall and does not crumble. There is a similar mantra: 'By which the heaven is made mighty, and the earth firm' (Tai. Sam. 4.1.8.5), and also, 'He supported the earth' (op.cit., 4.1.8.3), etc. Hence, it has rightly been said, 'Entering the earth I sustain the moving and non-moving beings.' Moreover, pusnami, I nourish, I make healthy and full of the sweet flavour of juices; sarvah, all; osadhih, the plants-paddy, barley, etc.; bhutva, by becoming; somah, Soma; rasatmakah, which is of the nature of sap. Soma consists of all the juices; it is the source of all juices. Indeed, it nourishes all plants by infusing its own juice into everything. Besides,