etadyonini bhootâmi sarvânityupadhâraya
aham krtsnasya jagatah prabhavah pralayastathâ (Gita 7:6)
Know that all beings evolve only due to the combining of the two-fold
lower and upper nature (the sentient and the insentient nature). I am
the origin (prabhava) of the entire creation and then it dissolves in
Me (pralaya). (Gita 7:6)
Comments – In the entire creation, all moving and unmoving creatures,
men, animals, birds, fishes, insects, trees, creepers, grass, etc.
all moving things that can be see, heard and read about, they all are
born from the assumed affinity and combination of the lower and
higher nature. The combination of lower and higher nature itself is
the seed of this entire universe. I am the origin (prabhava) of the
entire creation and then it dissolves in Me (pralaya). In this, the
point is that Bhagwân (God) is making is that He Himself, is the the
One that manifests in the entire Universe, and it is He alone that
manifests as the Universe, it is He alone that destroys, and it is He
alone that perishes; because besides Him there is no other cause or
activity. It is He alone that is the cause of it’s activity and
withdrawal.
It is only God (Bhagwân) that has manifested in the form of the
World. This World is God’s first manifestation – “adhyovatârah
Purusha parasya (Srimad. 2:6:41). On being God’s first
manifestation, this world in not a world, rather it is only Bhagwân
(God).
II 7:7 II
mattah parataram nânyatkincidasti dhananjaya
mayi sarvamidam protam sootre maniganâ iva (Gita 7:7)
Therefore O Arjuna ! Besides Me, there is no other cause (activity
or instrument of action), for this world, not in the least bit. Just
like beads made from yarn are strung on a thread made of yarn,
similarly, this entire Universe is woven through and through
(permeated) by Me. (Gita 7:7)
Comments: Just as a cluster of yarn beads, are threaded by a yarn
thread, then in that there is nothing else besides yarn, similarly,
in the form of a bead is the lower nature (apara prakriti), and in
the form of a thread, is the higher nature (para prakriti) – in both
there is only Bhagwân (God) there completely and entirely. In other
words, besides the One God (Bhagwân), there is no other.
Fundamentally speaking, there is no thread, no bead, there is only
yarn. In the same way there is no higher and no lower nature, rather
there is only Paramatma.
In this verse, beginning from these three words “mattah parataram
nânyat” till Verse Gita 7:12 “mat evati tânviddhi” Bhagwân has
substantiated, that besides Me there is nothing else, everything is
only Me.
From “Gita Prabodhani” in Hindi – Chapter 7 by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
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