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Bhagavad Gita · 15.13 · The Yoga of the Supreme Divine Personality·13 of 20

गामाविश्य च भूतानि धारयाम्यहमोजसापुष्णामि चौषधीः सर्वाः सोमो भूत्वा रसात्मकः

gām āviśhya cha bhūtāni dhārayāmy aham ojasā

puṣhṇāmi chauṣhadhīḥ sarvāḥ somo bhūtvā rasātmakaḥ

Sanskrit recitation

The supreme person · 15.12–15.20 · Teaching

Translation

Permeating the earth, I support all beings with My energy; and having become the watery moon, I nourish all herbs.

Meaning

The immanence of the Lord as the allsustaining life is described in this verse.Ojas The energy of the Lord (Isvara). The vast heaven and earth are firmly held by this energy. It permeates the earth to support the world. This energy is destitute of passion and attachment. As the vast earth is supported by the energy of the Lord, it does not fall, it is not broken down to pieces and it does not sink into the nether worlds.The Lord penetrates the earth and supports all movable and immovable objects by His energy.Rasatmakah somah The watery moon The moon is regarded as the repository of all savours or,fluids (Rasas). I, becoming the watery moon, nourish all herbs and plants such as rice, wheat, etc., by infusing sap into them, and make them savoury. I feed the vegetable kingdom with My vital juice (Ojas) which pervades the soil and generates sweet juice or sap in herbs, plants and trees. The watery or savoury moon nourishes all herbs and plants by infusing sap or savours into them.Moreover --

After Swami Sivananda

The supreme person· 15.12–15.20

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
cha
and
aham
I
gām
earth
ojasā
energy
somaḥ
the moon
bhūtvā
becoming
bhūtāni
living beings
sarvāḥ
all
āviśhya
permeating
dhārayāmi
sustain
puṣhṇāmi
nourish
auṣhadhīḥ
plants
rasa-ātmakaḥ
supplying the juice of life

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