Chapter 9: Raja Vidya Yoga, verse 10
मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।
हेतुनाऽनेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥
Say itmayādhyakṣheṇa prakṛitiḥ sūyate sa-charācharam
hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate
Translation
Under Me, as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; therefore, O Arjuna, the world revolves.
Swami Sivananda
Under Me as the supervisor, the Prakrti produces the world of the moving and the non-moving things. Owing to this, O son of Kunti, the world revolves.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Under My supervision, Prakrti gives birth to all mobile and immobile entities, and thus, O Arjuna, the world revolves.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
O son of Kunti! On account of Me, who remain only as an observer and the prime cause, My nature gives birth to both the moving and the unmoving; hence, this world moves in a circle.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Under my guidance, Nature produces all movable and immovable things. Thus, O Arjuna, this universe revolves.
Shri Purohit Swami
प्रकृति मेरी अध्यक्षतामें सम्पूर्ण चराचर जगत् को रचती है। हे कुन्तीनन्दन ! इसी हेतुसे जगत् का विविध प्रकारसे परिवर्तन होता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
हे कौन्तेय ! मुझ अध्यक्ष के कारण ( अर्थात् मेरी अध्यक्षता में) प्रकृति चराचर जगत् को उत्पन्न करती है; इस कारण यह जगत् घूमता रहता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.