Yoga through the King of Sciences
Verse 9.10
मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्। हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते।।9.10।।
mayādhyakṣheṇa prakṛitiḥ sūyate sa-charācharam hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate
Word Meanings
mayā—by me; adhyakṣheṇa—direction; prakṛitiḥ—material energy; sūyate—brings into being; sa—both; chara-acharam—the animate and the inanimate; hetunā—reason; anena—this; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; jagat—the material world; viparivartate—undergoes the changes
Translation · English
Under Me, as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; therefore, O Arjuna, the world revolves.
Deep Meaning · English
In this profound verse, Krishna reveals the mechanics of existence, clarifying that while He is the source of all, He remains the silent, transcendental witness. Prakriti, or material nature, is inherently inert; it requires the 'gaze' or the conscious presence of the Divine to become animated. Krishna describes Himself as the Adhyaksheṇa—the Overseer—who does not need to physically labor or interfere with the laws of nature to drive creation. Like a magnet that moves iron filings without moving itself, or a light source that illuminates the stage without becoming the play, Krishna’s mere presence acts as the catalyst for the cosmic dance of birth, existence, and dissolution.
The universe is a dynamic, self-evolving system of matter activated not by a distant clockmaker, but by the silent, omnipresent conscious witness who is the substratum of all that exists.
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