Bhagavad Gita BG 9.7

Chapter 9, Verse 7 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation

सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् । कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ॥

sarva-bhutani kaunteya prakrtim yanti mamikam kalpa-kshaye punas tani kalpadau visrjamy aham

Meaning

All beings, O Kaunteya, go into My Prakriti at the end of the kalpa. At the beginning of the next kalpa, I project them forth again.

Understanding

The cosmic cycle of creation and dissolution as Krishna's own activity. Sarva-bhutani (all beings — without exception) — kalpa-kshaye (at the end of the kalpa, the dissolution) — yanti mamikam prakrtim (go into My own Prakriti — the primordial nature, the cosmic ground which is Krishna's own). Punas tani kalpadau (again, those same beings, at the beginning of the next kalpa) — visrjamy aham (I project them forth). The Creator (aham — I) is not a separate deity but Krishna himself. The cycle of cosmic dissolution and projection is his own activity through Prakriti. The 'same beings' return (tani — those) because unresolved karma persists through the dissolution.

Word by Word

Word	IAST	Meaning
प्रकृतिम्	prakrtim	Prakriti — primordial nature, the cosmic creative matrix
मामिकाम्	mamikam	My own, belonging to Me (indicating Prakriti is Krishna's own power)
कल्पक्षये	kalpa-kshaye	at the end of the kalpa (the cosmic cycle), at cosmic dissolution
कल्पादौ	kalpadau	at the beginning of the kalpa, at the start of the cosmic cycle
विसृजामि	visrjami	I project, I emit, I send forth (creative release)
सर्व-भूतानि	sarva-bhūtāni	all beings
कौन्तेय	kaunteya	O Arjuna (son of Kunti)
प्रकृतिम्	prakṛtim	nature
यान्ति	yānti	go to, enter
मामिकाम्	māmikām	My own
कल्प-क्षये	kalpa-kṣaye	at the end of a kalpa (cosmic cycle)
पुनः	punaḥ	again
तानि	tāni	them
कल्पादौ	kalpādau	at the beginning of a kalpa
विसृजामि	visṛjāmi	I send forth, I create
अहम्	aham	I

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