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Bhagavad Gita 9.10

मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्। हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते।।

mayādhyakṣheṇa prakṛitiḥ sūyate sa-charācharam hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
mayāmayāby me
adhyakṣheṇaadhyakṣheṇadirection
prakṛitiḥprakṛitiḥmaterial energy
sūyatesūyatebrings into being
sasaboth
chara-acharamchara-acharamthe animate and the inanimate
hetunāhetunāreason
anenaanenathis
kaunteyakaunteyaArjun, the son of Kunti
jagatjagatthe material world
viparivartateviparivartateundergoes the changes

Under Me, as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; therefore, O Arjuna, the world revolves.

हे कौन्तेय ! मुझ अध्यक्ष के कारण ( अर्थात् मेरी अध्यक्षता में) प्रकृति चराचर जगत् को उत्पन्न करती है; इस कारण यह जगत् घूमता रहता है।।