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प्रकृतिं स्वामवष्टभ्य विसृजामि पुनः पुनः।

भूतग्राममिमं कृत्स्नमवशं प्रकृतेर्वशात्।।9.8।।

Sanskrit Commentary By Sri Ramanuja

।।9.8।।स्वकीयां विचित्रपरिणामिनीं प्रकृतिम् अवष्टभ्य अष्टधा परिणमय्य इमं चतुर्विधं देवतिर्यङ्मनुष्यस्थावरात्मकं भूतग्रामं मदीयाया मोहिन्याः गुणमय्याः प्रकृतेः वशात् अवशं पुनः पुनः काले काले विसृजामि।एवं तर्हि विषमसृष्ट्यादीनि कर्माणि नैर्घृण्याद्यापादनेन भगवन्तं बध्नन्ति इति? अत्र आह --

Hindi Translation By Swami Ramsukhdas

।।9.8।। प्रकृतिके वशमें होनेसे परतन्त्र हुए इस सम्पूर्ण प्राणिसमुदायको मैं (कल्पोंके आदिमें) अपनी प्रकृतिको वशमें करके बार-बार रचता हूँ।

English Translation By Swami Adidevananda

9.8 Controlling the Prakrti, which is My own, I send forth again and again all this multitude of beings, helpless under the sway of Prakrti.

English Translation of Ramanuja's Sanskrit Commentary By Swami Adidevananda

9.8 Operating My Prakrti, with its wonderfully variegated potency, I develop it eightfold and send forth this fourfold aggregate of beings, gods, animals, men and inanimate things, time after time. All these entities are helpless, being under the sway of My Prakrti comprising the three Gunas which can cause delusion. If this is so, it may be urged, inealities of creation can be said to affect the Lord with cruelty, partiality etc. To this, the Lord answers:

English Translation By Swami Gambirananda

9.8 Keeping My own prakrti under control, I project forth again and again the whole of this multitude of beings which are powerless owing to the influence of (their own) nature.