Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 233

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-7 Adhyātma Yogaḥ

etad-yonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhāraya | ahaṃ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayastathā || 6 || 6. Know that all beings originate from these two. Therefore, I am the origin and the dissolution of the whole universe. Commentary All entities — from Brahma down to a tuft of grass, originate in these two Natures, which are consciousness (Puruṣa) and Matter (Prakṛti). Irrespective of whether they are existing in an evolved or less evolved form, the [dual] principle of consciousness and inanimate matter are combined together in all entities. It is proven on the basis of the Vedas and Smrtis that the Supreme Being is the cause of these two Principles, Prakṛti and Puruṣa (matter and consciousness), which form the totality of all sentient and insentient beings. This is evident from texts like:— ‘The Mahat resolves into Avyakta, Avyakta into Akṣara, Akṣara into Tamas, and Tamas merges with the Supreme Lord’ ; ‘O sage, distinct from the form of Vishnu, the Supreme Lord, the two forms, Prakṛti and Puruṣa, arise’  ; ‘What was described by Me as Prakṛti in its dual form of the manifest and the unmanifest, and the Puruṣa merge in the Supreme Self, and the Supreme Self is the support of all. He is the Supreme Lord named Vishnu, exalted in the Vedas and Vedanta’ .