Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 8
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 9 श्लोक 8

प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।
भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्।।9.8।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
9.8. Taking hold of My own nature I send forth again and  again this entire host of beings, which is powerless under the control of  [My] nature.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
9.8 Prakrtim etc.  Taking hold of My own nature :  By this much  [of statement]  it is explained that this host of Beings, though itself insentient,  attains luminosity as it is linked to the Absolute nature of  [Consciousness]


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 9.8Prakritim swaamavashtabhya visrijaami punah punah;
Bhootagraamamimam kritsnamavasham prakritervashaat.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 9.8sarva-bhūtāni—all living beings; kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti; prakṛitim—primordial material energy; yānti—merge; māmikām—My; kalpa-kṣhaye—at the end of a kalpa; punaḥ—again; tāni—them; kalpa-ādau—at the beginning of a kalpa; visṛijāmi—manifest; aham—I; 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