Verse-8
Chapter 10 — Vibhuti Yoga
Verse 8
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
aham sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvam pravartate
iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāvasamanvitāḥ
🕉 English Translation
Yeh sansar mujh se hee paida hua,
Meri hee shakti se hai chal raha.
Aisa samajh hoke shraddha magan,
Kare buddhijeevi mera hee bhajan.
📜 Translation
English
I am the primordial eternal cause of the world and due to Me only creation is involved in activity. Accepting it in this manner the wise, having faith and affection for Me, adore Me.
In every verse of this chapter the sole intention of the Gita's preacher appears to ensure by any means that the vision remains focused on the Supreme power! He is the substance; the substratum too is He. Creation has originated from Him and He is the efficient and material cause for it! All the movements of creation are due to His strength; just as the electrical equipment is functioning due to its being charged by electricity.
This is the complete reality. Despite being evident it is not accepted due to the ignorance of the embodied being! This too is true that the fortunate is the one who will understand and know; he will certainly adore Me.
Devotion will become the very nature of the one who understands the essential nature of the Supreme. The discrimination of intellect keeps one deluded in the world. The awakening of discrimination is that the realization of the reality is grasped. In fact, intelligent is that one only! To understand and do something new in this temporal world is also the use of intellect but even that competence is the manifestation of the divine. For this reason, it is essential to be devoted to the Lord and also perform essential duties.
What is the form of this devotion? In the following verse, the Lord Himself clarifies
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