Gita Bhashya -Sankara 355

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -9

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Sarva-bhūtani Kaunteya prakrtim yānti māmikām
Kalpa-ksaye punas-tāni kalpādau visrjāmyaham

7. All beings, O son of Kunti, go into My Prakrti, at the end of a kalpa; at the beginning of the (next) kalpa, Ī send them forth again.

All beings, 0 son of Runti, go into My Prakrti, the inferior one composed of the three gunas, at the end of the kalpa, at the time of dissolution (pralaya). Again, at the beginning of the (next) kalpa, the cosmic manifestation (utpatti), I send them forth, I produce those beings, again, once more, as previously.

Prakrti is of the nature of nescience (avidyā). Thus,

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