Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret: Verse 19
तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च ।
अमृतं चैव मृत्युश्च सदसच्चाहमर्जुन ॥
tapāmy-aham-ahaṃ varṣaṃ
nigṛhṇāmy-utsṛjāmi ca
amṛtaṃ caiva mṛtyuś-ca
sad-asaccāham-arjuna – 9.19
I (the Supreme) am the source of heat for the entire Universe. I release rain and also withhold it. I am immortality and death alike, O Arjuna, I am existence as well as non-existence.
Chapter 9: Rājavidyā-rājaguhya-yoga – Kingly Knowledge, Kingly Secret - Verse 19
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
The world is a manifestation of the Supreme. All the things, big and small, are a mere display like the dream objects within one’s body. All powers, properties and expressions, subtle or gross, simple or complex, are sourced by the same Supreme.
Heat and energy, essential for life and creation, is generated and preserved by the Supreme. The Supreme equally releases and withholds rains. There is nothing in the world the Supreme does not source.
Krishna adds that the mortal body and immortal Soul are at once the Supreme’s display. Existence and nonexistence too inhere in the Supreme. In short, every entity, expression and function are of the Supreme, confirming in every way our total connection with the Supreme, giving no scope to miss Its presence the least.
