Word
prakṛitiḥ
Used in 4 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- material energy (2)
- the material energy (1)
- material nature (1)
Every verse
- 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.Here: material energy
- 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.Here: material energy
- 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…Here: the material energy
- 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.Here: material nature