Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 9.7
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 9.7 · 9 · Verse 7
Sanskrit Original
।।9.7।। --,सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं त्रिगुणात्मिकाम् अपरां निकृष्टां यान्ति मामिकां मदीयां कल्पक्षये प्रलयकाले। पुनः भूयः तानि भूतानि उत्पत्तिकाले कल्पादौ विसृजामि उत्पादयामि अहं पूर्ववत्।।एवम् अविद्यालक्षणाम् --,
9.7 Kaunteya, O son of Kunti; sarva-bhutani, all the beings-all the beings which, like wind abiding in space, abide thus in Me during their period of existence; yanti, go back; kalpa-ksaye, at the end of a cycle, at the time of dissolution; mamikam prakrtim, to My Prakrti which consists of the three gunas (alities; see 7.13) and is (called My) lower Nature. Punah, again; aham, I; visrjami, project forth, create; tani, them, the beings, as before [As before: as in previous cycles of creation.]; kalpadau, at the beginning of a cycle, at the time of creation.