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mayā tatam idaḿ sarvaḿ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaḿ teṣv avasthitaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.4 By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I...

na ca mat-sthāni bhūtāni paśya me yogam aiśvaram bhūta-bhṛn na ca bhūta-stho mamātmā bhūta-bhāvanaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.5 And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I...

yathākāśa-sthito nityaḿ vāyuḥ sarvatra-go mahān tathā sarvāṇi bhūtāni mat-sthānīty upadhāraya Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.6 Understand that as the mighty wind, blowing everywhere, rests always in the sky, all created...

sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛtiḿ yānti māmikām kalpa-kṣaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛjāmy aham Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.7 O son of Kunti, at the end of the millennium all material manifestations enter into My nature, and...

prakṛtiḿ svām avaṣṭabhya visṛjāmi punaḥ punaḥ bhūta-grāmam imaḿ kṛtsnam avaśaḿ prakṛter vaśāt Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.8 The whole cosmic order is under Me. Under My will it is automatically manifested again and...

na ca māḿ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaḿ teṣu karmasu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.9 O Dhananjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached from all these material activities,...

mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.10 This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, producing...

avajānanti māḿ mūḍhā mānuṣīḿ tanum āśritam paraḿ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.11 Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the...

moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vicetasaḥ rākṣasīm āsurīḿ caiva prakṛtiḿ mohinīḿ śritāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.12  Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demonic and atheistic views. In that deluded...

mahātmānas tu māḿ pārtha daivīḿ prakṛtim āśritāḥ bhajanty ananya-manaso jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 9.13 O son of Pritha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the...