Chapter 9 • Verse 8

Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga

The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret

Sanskrit Verse

Prakritim svam avashtabhya visrijami punah punah, bhuta-gramam imam kritsnam avasham prakriter vashah

Translation & Meaning

Animating My own material nature, I project forth again and again this entire multitude of beings, which are helpless by their own nature. The Lord creates not out of necessity but as an expression of His divine energy, with all beings operating under the laws of prakriti.

Key Teachings

  • •Creation is driven by the Lord's divine energy (prakriti)
  • •Living beings are subject to the laws of material nature
  • •God is the master controller of all cosmic projections

Topics

prakriticreationdivine willcosmic lawmanifestation
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