Gita/Chapter 9/Verse 7
Royal Knowledge & Secret · 9.7

All living beings: Devotion and Sacred Trust

सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम्। कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम्॥ ९.७ ॥
sarva-bhūtāni kaunteya prakṛitiṁ yānti māmikām kalpa-kṣhaye punas tāni kalpādau visṛijāmyaham
Translation

All beings, O Arjuna, return at the end of every cosmic cycle into the realm of Nature, which is a part of Me, and at the start of the next I send them forth again.

Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain

Meaning

This draft lesson introduces Bhagavad Gita 9.7 through stronger key ideas from the verse: all living beings, primordial material energy, at the end of a kalpa. In the context of Devotion and Sacred Trust, learners connect Sanskrit vocabulary to the verse's teaching before applying it to daily choices. Review this draft before publication.

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