Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret: Verse 10
मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृति: सूयते सचराचरम् ।
हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥
mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛti:
sūyate sacarācaram
hetunānena kaunteya
jagad-viparivartate – 9.10
O Kaunteya, with My presidency, Nature gives birth to mobile and immobile creation. By this pro-creational process the world goes on cyclically.
Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret - Verse 10
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Understanding the impersonal, impartial and absolute character of the Supreme is crucial in spirituality (5.14, 15). Right from birth our association with the world, consisting of mobile and immobile entities, is the source for all our knowledge. The mobile is an outcome of impregnation and delivery, a visible, pronounced process. But this is not in the immobile domain, where the inert cause-effect chain prevails.
In order to show the tiny star Arundhati to the new bride coming home, she is first shown a big star with the help of a branch of a tree. Then her vision is guided to the next one close to it. The gaze is then taken to still closer and further closer stars, until the targeted one is noticed. Krishna’s disclosure is also alike.
Mere presence of the Supreme empowers Prakrti to become the multi-splendoured creation. All changes transpire within Prakrti alone, and nothing happens to the imperishable Source (9.9).
