Chapter 7, Verse 6
Gyaan Vigyana Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
etat yonīni—these two (energies) are the source of; bhūtāni—living beings; sarvāṇi—all; iti—that; upadhāraya—know; aham—I; kṛitsnasya—entire; jagataḥ—creation; prabhavaḥ—the source; pralayaḥ—dissolution; tathā—and
English translation
Know that these two are the womb of all beings; thus, I am the source and dissolution of the whole universe.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
These two Natures; the inferior and the superior; are the womb of all beings. As I am the source of these two Prakritis or Natures also; I am the cause of this universe. The whole universe originates from Me and dissolves in Me. In the Brahma Sutras (chapter 1; section 1; aphorism 2) it is said; Janmadyasya yatah meaning that Brahman is that omniscient and omnipotent cause from which proceed the origin; subsistence and dissolution of this world. Just as the mind is the material cause and also the seer (Drashta) for the objects seen in a dream; so also Isvara is the material cause of this world (UpadanaKarana) and also the seer (Drashta). He is also the efficient or the instrumental cause (NimittaKarana). (Cf. XIV.3)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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