Chapter 9, Verse 8
Raja Vidya Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
prakṛitim—the material energy; svām—my own; avaṣhṭabhya—presiding over; visṛijāmi—generate; punaḥ punaḥ—again and again; bhūta-grāmam—myriad forms; imam—these; kṛitsnam—all; avaśham—beyond their control; prakṛiteḥ—nature; vaśhāt—force
English translation
Animating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless under the force of Nature.
— Swami Sivananda
Listen to Shloka 9.8
Commentary
The Lord leans on; presses or embraces Nature. He invigorates and fertilises Nature which had gone to sleep at the end of the Mahakalpa or universal dissolution and projects again and again this whole multitude of beings. He gazes at each level and plane after plane comes into being. The term Prakriti denotes or indicates the five Kleshas or afflictions; viz.; Avidya (ignorance); Asmita (egoism); Raga (likes); Dvesha (dislikes) and Abhinivesa (clinging to earthly life). (Cf. IV.6)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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