प्रकृति prakṛti
Nature, matter. Appears in 26 verses.
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- 3.5न हि कश्िचत्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्।na hi kaśhchit kṣhaṇam api jātu tiṣhṭhatyakarma-kṛitVerily, no one can remain for even a moment without performing action; for everyone is made to act helplessly, indeed, by the qualities born of Nature.
- 3.27प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः।prakṛiteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśhaḥAll actions are wrought in all cases by the qualities of Nature alone. He whose mind is deluded by egoism thinks, "I am the doer."
- 3.29प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु।prakṛiter guṇa-sammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇa-karmasuThose deluded by the qualities of Nature are attached to the functions of the qualities. The man of perfect knowledge should not unsettle the foolish one who is of…
- 3.33सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्याः प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि।sadṛiśhaṁ cheṣhṭate svasyāḥ prakṛiter jñānavān apiEven a wise man acts in accordance with his own nature; beings will follow their nature; what can restraint do?
- 4.6अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्।ajo ’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānām īśhvaro ’pi sanThough I am unborn and of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, governing my own nature, I am born by my own Maya.
- 7.4भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च।bhūmir-āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva chaEarth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intellect, and egoism—thus is My Nature divided eightfold.
- 7.5अपरेयमितस्त्वन्यां प्रकृतिं विद्धि मे पराम्।apareyam itas tvanyāṁ prakṛitiṁ viddhi me parāmO mighty-armed Arjuna, this is the inferior Prakriti; know it as distinct from My higher Prakriti, the very life-element, by which this world is upheld.
- 7.20कामैस्तैस्तैर्हृतज्ञानाः प्रपद्यन्तेऽन्यदेवताः।kāmais tais tair hṛita-jñānāḥ prapadyante ’nya-devatāḥThose whose wisdom has been taken away by this or that desire, go to other gods, following this or that rite, led by their own nature.
- 9.7सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्।sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛitiṁ yānti māmikāmAll beings, O Arjuna, go into My Nature at the end of a Kalpa; I send them forth again at the beginning of the next Kalpa.
- 9.8प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।prakṛitiṁ svām avaṣhṭabhya visṛijāmi punaḥ punaḥAnimating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless under the force of Nature.
- 9.10मयाऽध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम्।mayādhyakṣheṇa prakṛitiḥ sūyate sa-charācharamUnder Me, as supervisor, Nature produces the moving and the unmoving; therefore, O Arjuna, the world revolves.
- 9.12मोघाशा मोघकर्माणो मोघज्ञाना विचेतसः।moghāśhā mogha-karmāṇo mogha-jñānā vichetasaḥThey are possessed of the deceitful nature of demons and undivine beings, filled with vain hopes, vain actions, and vain knowledge that is senseless.
- 9.13महात्मानस्तु मां पार्थ दैवीं प्रकृतिमाश्रिताः।mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛitim āśhritāḥBut the great souls, O Arjuna, partaking of My divine nature, worship Me with a single-minded devotion, knowing Me as the imperishable source of all beings.
- 11.51दृष्ट्वेदं मानुषं रूपं तवसौम्यं जनार्दन।dṛiṣhṭvedaṁ mānuṣhaṁ rūpaṁ tava saumyaṁ janārdanaArjuna said, "Having seen this Thy gentle human form, O Krishna, now I am composed and have been restored to my own nature."
- 13.1प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च।prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva kṣhetraṁ kṣhetra-jñam eva chaArjuna said, "I wish to learn about Nature and the Spirit, the field and the knower of the field, knowledge and that which ought to be known, O Kesava."
- 13.20प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva viddhy anādī ubhāv apiKnow that Nature (matter) and the Spirit are both beginningless, and know also that all modifications and qualities are born from Nature.
- 13.21कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।kārya-kāraṇa-kartṛitve hetuḥ prakṛitir uchyateIn the production of the effect and the cause, Nature (matter) is said to be the cause; in the experience of pleasure and pain, the soul is said to be the one…
- 13.22पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇānThe soul seated in Nature experiences the qualities born of Nature; attachment to the qualities is the cause of its birth in good and evil wombs.
- 13.24य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैःसह।ya evaṁ vetti puruṣhaṁ prakṛitiṁ cha guṇaiḥ sahaHe who thus knows the Spirit and Matter together with their qualities, in whatever condition he may be, he is not reborn.
- 13.30प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः।prakṛityaiva cha karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśhaḥHe sees, who sees that all actions are performed solely by Nature and that the Self is without action.
- 13.35क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा।kṣhetra-kṣhetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-chakṣhuṣhāThey who, by the eye of knowledge, perceive the distinction between the field and its knower, as well as the liberation from the Nature of being, go to the Supreme.
- 14.5सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛiti-sambhavāḥThese qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the indestructible: purity, passion, and inertia.
- 15.7ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः।mamaivānśho jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥAn eternal portion of Myself having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five senses, with the mind as the sixth, abiding in Nature.
- 18.28अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः।ayuktaḥ prākṛitaḥ stabdhaḥ śhaṭho naiṣhkṛitiko ‘lasaḥUnsteady, vulgar, inflexible, deceitful, malicious, lazy, despondent, and procrastinating—such an agent is called Tamasic.
- 18.40न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः।na tad asti pṛithivyāṁ vā divi deveṣhu vā punaḥThere is no being on earth or in heaven among the gods that is liberated from the three qualities born of Nature.
- 18.59यदहङ्कारमाश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे।yad ahankāram āśhritya na yotsya iti manyaseIf, filled with egoism, thou thinkest, "I will not fight," then thy resolve is vain; nature will compel thee.