Chapter 10: The Opulence of the Absolute

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 10.39

yac capi sarva-bhutanam

bijam tad aham arjuna

na tad asti vina yat syan

maya bhutam caracaram

SYNONYMS

yat -- whatever; ca -- also; api -- may be; sarva-bhutanam -- of all creations; bijam -- seed; tat -- that; aham -- I am; arjuna -- O Arjuna; na -- not; tat -- that; asti -- there is; vina -- without; yat -- which; syat -- exists; maya -- Me; bhutam -- created being; cara-acaram -- moving and nonmoving.

TRANSLATION

Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being -- moving or nonmoving -- that can exist without Me.

PURPORT

Everything has a cause, and that cause or seed of manifestation is Krishna. Without Krishna's energy, nothing can exist; therefore He is called omnipotent. Without His potency, neither the movable nor the immovable can exist. Whatever existence is not founded on the energy of Krishna is called maya, "that which is not."

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