The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch-8. Part-8.

8. In Harmony with the Whole Universe  :


Part-8.


But there is a higher prakriti, beyond the phenomenal, transient, changing forms of the lower prakriti.

Apareyam itas tv anyam prakrtim viddhi me param:

“By My own force of an all-including comprehensiveness and of My integrated Being of universal character, I sustain the lower prakriti as the whole universe.”

Everything has come from these forces.

Etad yonini bhutani sarvanity upadharaya:

“Whatever you see in this world anywhere, in all directions, are modifications, combinations, permutations of these eight things mentioned, or particularly speaking, only five things—earth, water, fire, air and ether. There is nothing but this.”




Aham krtsnasya jagatah prabhavah pralayas tatha:

God is the Creator, the Preserver and the Destroyer of all things.

This is a great subject in theology, whether it is Hindu theology or Christian theology, whatever it is.

The great relationship of the universe to the Creator and the attribution to the Creator of the great functions of creation, preservation and dissolution are great interesting subjects in theological studies.

God is all things—Creator, Preserver and Destroyer.

These are the usual attributes that we assign to the supreme Creator of the universe.

Swami Krishnananda

To be continued  ...