Verse 9.10
Speaker: Krishna
Sanskrit
मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् | हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ||१०||
Transliteration (IAST)
mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate
Word-by-Word Meanings
mayā-by Me
adhyakṣeṇa-under supervision
prakṛtiḥ-material nature
sūyate-produces
sa-cara-acaram-moving and non-moving
jagat-world
viparivartate-revolves
Translation
Under My supervision, material nature produces all moving and non-moving beings. By this cause, O son of Kunti, the world revolves.
Commentary
Krishna clarifies His role as the efficient cause while prakṛti serves as the material cause. He is the 'adhyakṣa' - the overseer or superintendent - whose mere glance sets creation in motion. This resolves the apparent contradiction between divine detachment (9.9) and divine causation.
Themes
karmabhaktidharma