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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 10.8
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्त: सर्वं प्रवर्तते ।
इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विता: ॥ ८ ॥
ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo
mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate
iti matvā bhajante māṁ
budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ
I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioWhat this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.
3 study points
Kṛṣṇa is the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Those who truly know this serve and worship Him wholeheartedly.
Prabhupāda explains that Vedic teachings confirm Kṛṣṇa as the supreme controller. Learning this from a genuine spiritual master makes devotion firm.
Avoid unauthorized interpretations of Bhagavad-gītā and continue serving Kṛṣṇa with determination.
Source of all — This verse establishes Krishna as ‘the original source of all spiritual and material worlds’
Result of knowing this: One surrenders and ‘engages in devotional service’ and ‘worships Krishna with all their hearts.’
How one can understand this truth about Krishna (As the original source of all) — Only by hearing from sastra through bona-fide authorities
A learned scholar who has studied the Vedas perfectly and
Has information from authorities like Lord Chaitanya, and
One who knows how to apply these teachings can understand this truth
Result: Thus one is never deviated by any non-sensical commentaries or by fools FOCUS OF LEARNING: PURPORT 10.8 continued…
References for Krishna being the source of all demigods including Lord Brahma and Lord Siva:
Gopala Tapani Upanisad – Krishna in the beginning gave knowledge to Brahma
Narayana Upanisad – Supreme person Narayana desired to create living entities Thus Brahmaji, 25 Patriarchs, Indra, 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras and 12 Adityas born. Narayana is an expansion of Krishna
Maha Upanisad – In the beginning of creation there was only one Supreme Personality, Narayana
Moksha Dharma – Krishna says Patriarchs, Shiva and others are created by Him, although they do not know so, because they are deluded by His illusory energy
Varaha Purana – Narayana is the Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom Lord Brahma and further Lord Shiva is born
Recommendations for Krishna Conscious persons –
Avoid unauthorized commentaries on Bhagavad-gita
Fools say ‘Krishna’ as ordinary men
Thus one should proceed in Krishna Consciousness with determination
Wonder and recognition
The opulence of His position as source of all
Eagerness of His devotees to love and serve Him
His own reciprocation with that eagerness of devotees
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Krishna, Supreme Person
Krishna is the source of all spiritual and material worlds.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does seeing Krishna as the source change my relationship with the world?
Recognize one ordinary experience as a reminder of Krishna’s energies.
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Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.